Misimbo Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Misimbo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Misimbo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Misimbo (22) may also be a first name.

Misimbo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Misimbo is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Misimbo.

How Common Is The Last Name Misimbo? popularity and diffusion

Misimbo is the 1,727,723rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Misimbo live; 79 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Misimbo is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 22 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 830,108. Barring The DR Congo it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside and Tanzania, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mishimbo9335/
Missimbo931/
Misimba86383/
Musimbo86210/
Misembo86142/
Mizimbo8622/
Mitimbo867/
Mijimbo861/
Maismbo861/
Mushimbo80157/
Mishimba8091/
Missimba806/
Missembo805/
Mishembo802/
Misiemba801/
Maisembo801/
Maimbo773,806/
Moimbo7795/
Muimbo7725/
Muishimba7562/
Missiemba759/
Mishiomba754/
Messimbot751/
Midjaimbo751/
Mitembo711,344/
Musimba711,023/
Misemba71787/
Moimbou71277/
Mizembo71171/
Musembo71113/
Mesembo71109/
Misimwa7141/
Muzimbo7140/
Mijimba7129/
Mesimba7121/
Meimbot718/
Mizimba717/
Mitimba712/
Maimbou712/
Migimba711/
Maimbuo711/
Musinbo711/
Misimua711/
Mushimba672,223/
Michembo67918/
Mishimua67171/
Mushembo6745/
Musaimba677/
Missinba676/
Mittembo674/
Maigimba672/
Messimba672/
Missemba672/
Mishimwa671/
Midjimba671/
Meshembo671/
Michimba671/
Musuembo671/
Midzimba671/
Musuimba671/
Musiemba671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Misimbo
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