Nelumbu Surname

303,386th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Nelumbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nelumbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia1,2251:1,967287
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Nelumbu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nelumbu is held by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nelumbu.

How Common Is The Last Name Nelumbu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 303,386th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 5,830,037 people. The surname Nelumbu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nelumbu reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is held by 1,225 people, or 1 in 1,967. In Namibia it is mostly found in: Ohangwena Region, where 17 percent reside, Oshana Region, where 16 percent reside and Khomas Region, where 14 percent reside. Other than Namibia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Nelumbu
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