Nambor Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

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

Nambor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nambor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nambor (116) may also be a first name.

Nambor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nambor occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nambor? popularity and diffusion

Nambor is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 47 percent of Nambor are found; 47 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 47 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 868,627th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 116 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 75 percent are found, Madang, where 13 percent are found and West New Britain, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 41 percent are found and Chad, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngambor922,118/
Nambore9216/
Nambord9212/
Namboor928/
Nambour926/
Nambhore867/
Namboire864/
Nambootr861/
N'Gambor861/
Namboure861/
Nambar83405/
Nambur8399/
Nombor8345/
Nanbor831/
Nembor831/
Nambutr77239/
Nambare7744/
Ngambur7733/
Nambure7716/
Ngambar777/
Nambhar774/
Namburd773/
Naimbar773/
Namburt772/
Nambart771/
Neanbor770/
Nhambure7195/
Gnambare7119/
Nambhare716/
Nambaare713/
Nambhard712/
Nambhure712/
Naimbaar711/
Naimbare711/
Nhambare711/
Nambuure711/
Namvar672,582/
Namwar6792/
Nombur6781/
Nanbur6747/
Nanwor6722/
Nembar6712/
Nambarova6711/
Namuar672/
Nanbar671/
Nombar671/

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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 Nambor
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