Nombu Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Nombu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nombu (30) may also be a first name.
Nombu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nombu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nombu occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nombu? popularity and diffusion
Nombu is the 2,776,799th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Nombu are found; 49 percent are found in Central Africa and 49 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 30 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Southwest Region, where 70 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 25 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 18 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
- 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 Nombu
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