Namb Surname

790,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 357 people bear this surname

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

Namb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea3161:25,8032,856
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Namb (176) may also be a first name.

Namb Last Name Facts

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

Namb (Russian: Намб) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Namb? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 790,102nd most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 20,413,294 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Namb live; 89 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 687,834th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 176 people.

This surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 316 people, or 1 in 25,803. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Western Highlands, where 51 percent live, Jiwaka, where 15 percent live and Chimbu, where 9 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Taiwan, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngamb89339/
Naumb894/
Nambs892/
Nnamb891/
Nambz891/
Naimb891/
Gnambs808/
Nasimb801/
Nemb75418/
Namp75116/
Nanb7535/
Nomb7518/
Namw752/
Namv751/
Namf751/
Nambowa731,313/
Nachimb731/
Ngnaimb731/
Ngomb675,933/
Nampe67837/
Noumb6737/
Naemp6725/
Namph6711/
Namps677/
Ngamp674/
Nnemb673/
Naamp673/
Nannb672/
Naumv672/
Naimv671/
Neamf671/
Namfe671/
Nombs671/
Nanbd671/
Naimf671/

Namb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namb in the Russian language
Намбnamb-

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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 Namb
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