Nhumbu Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Nhumbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 50 | 1:308,765 | 30,783 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
Nhumbu (171) may also be a first name.
Nhumbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nhumbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nhumbu is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nhumbu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nhumbu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,580,327th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nhumbu live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 698,971st most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 171 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 308,765. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 36 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 18 percent live and Midlands Province, where 18 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe Nhumbu is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nihumbu | 92 | 2 | / |
| Numbu | 91 | 886 | / |
| Nyumbu | 83 | 4,074 | / |
| Ngumbu | 83 | 3,273 | / |
| Njumbu | 83 | 24 | / |
| Niumbu | 83 | 21 | / |
| Numbut | 83 | 12 | / |
| Naumbu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Numbus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Numbou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Noumbu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Numbui | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngumbau | 77 | 4,619 | / |
| Noumbou | 77 | 840 | / |
| N'Gumbu | 77 | 55 | / |
| Ngumbou | 77 | 10 | / |
| Nuembui | 77 | 8 | / |
| Njumbuh | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ngoumbu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Njumbui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngiumbu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Neumbeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Neuumbu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Noumbeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nimbu | 73 | 209 | / |
| Nombu | 73 | 49 | / |
| Nunbu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngoumbou | 71 | 35 | / |
| Ngeumbou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Njeumbou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njoumbou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngunmbou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Noumbeut | 71 | 1 | / |
| Njombu | 67 | 80 | / |
| Niumvu | 67 | 34 | / |
| Nombou | 67 | 34 | / |
| Niembu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Nimbeu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nyunbu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Neombu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nimbuh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nombau | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nimbau | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nimbui | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nyumvu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nimbuu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngunbu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nhumbu
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