Nomben Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

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

Nomben Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nomben Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea431:189,62126,314
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Nomben (20) may also be a first name.

Nomben Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nomben is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nomben? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,909,720th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Nomben is primarily found in Oceania, where 96 percent of Nomben reside; 96 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 96 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 20 people.

The last name is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 189,621. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 79 percent are found, Enga, where 19 percent are found and Madang, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngomben922/
Noumbeun861/
Namben8339/
Numben8320/
Nemben8315/
Nambeng7743/
Noomuen7741/
Noimuen7715/
Numbeng774/
Nhombem771/
Ngombin771/
Numbeen771/
Nomouen771/
Nonbent771/
Noimueng7133/
Nacimben716/
Noomueng714/
Gnambeng713/
Nasimben712/
Noumouen712/
Noohmuen711/
Nhoomuen711/
Ngombion711/
Nommueng711/
Ngoumuen711/
Namuen67164/
Nambin6732/
Nambengue6715/
Numbin676/
Namwen676/
Nhoomueng674/
Nanben673/
Numbem673/
Nambne673/
Nambem672/
Nembin671/

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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 Nomben
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