Medoumba Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Medoumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Medoumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2431:85,46910,380
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Medoumba (36) may also be a first name.

Medoumba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Medoumba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Medoumba is most common in Cameroon. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Medoumba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,025,894th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. Medoumba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Medoumba are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 68 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 36 people.

Medoumba is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 243 people, or 1 in 85,469. In Cameroon Medoumba is mostly concentrated in: East Region, where 70 percent live, Centre Region, where 23 percent live and Littoral Region, where 6 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Medoumba occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Medomba934/
Midoumba881/
Medoomba881/
Maidoumba821/
Medamba8010/
Midoumbi75202/
Medombou7554/
Maidomba7522/
Midoumbe751/
Midumbai751/
Midoumbou711/
Midamba67302/
Midumbi67174/
Medonwa6750/
Medunwa671/
Maidomwa6317/
Midambai6312/
Medonbou633/
Maidamba633/
Medonvou631/
Maidombe631/
Medeyonwa593/
Maidambai591/
Maidounbou561/
Medonve5310/
Midambo538/
Medamve531/
Midanba531/
Midunbi531/
Maidambe5032/
Maidunbi501/
Medamveu501/
Me'danbe501/
Maidambo501/
Maydambe501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Medoumba
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