Number Surname

533,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 605 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Number Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Number Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4151:426,85022,077
India501:15,341,308250,737
Afghanistan251:1,286,12711,103
Indonesia241:5,510,383253,014
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Malaysia211:1,404,48759,312
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Number (1,486) may also be a first name.

Number Last Name Facts

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

The surname Number (Hindi: नम्बर, Marathi: नंबर) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Number? popularity and diffusion

The last name Number is the 533,524th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 12,045,530 people. The surname Number is primarily found in Africa, where 74 percent of Number live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Number is also the 201,767th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 1,486 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 415 people, or 1 in 426,850. In Nigeria Number is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 59 percent live, Ondo, where 14 percent live and Benue, where 12 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent live and Afghanistan, where 4 percent live.

Number Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Number earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 62.44% less than the national average, earning R 89,268 per year and in Canada they earn 11% more than the national average, earning $55,148 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Numbere92184/
Neumber922/
Naumber922/
Ngumber921/
Nummber921/
Numbe911,129/
Neumbe8312,036/
Ngumbe832,325/
Nhumbe83153/
Noumbe83100/
Naumbe8371/
Nimber8336/
Nomber8335/
Numbie8331/
Numbeh8321/
Numbes8311/
Numbee837/
Numver836/
Numbez835/
Nunmbe834/
Nummbe834/
Numbea834/
Numbet831/
Nuumbe831/
Ngoumbe77589/
Noumbie777/
Nunberh774/
Noumbet774/
Nneumbe771/
Neumbeu771/
Naumbee771/
Nahumbe771/
Noumbeu771/
Numuere771/
Nhaumbe771/
Neunber770/
Numbi73194,395/
Nombe734,636/
Numba731,255/
Numve73340/
Numby7312/
Nunbe738/
Ngnoumbe713/
Ngumbi6717,747/
Nhumba67884/
Noumbi67665/
Noumba67468/
Nhumbi67268/
Nuimba67110/
N'Ombe6778/
Naumba6754/
Neumba6726/
Nombea6724/
Numbio6711/
Nombei679/
Naumbi676/
Gnumbi675/
Nombie674/
Nnumbi674/
Nummbi674/
Nujmbi674/
Nnombe672/
Nhombe672/
Noombe671/
Nuumbi671/
Noembe671/
Ngunbe671/
Naumve671/
Numnbi671/
Numbit671/
Numbay671/
Numbha671/
Numbui671/
Nuimbi671/
Noumby671/
Nunbea671/
Nombee671/
Nunuer671/
Nomver671/
Nonber671/
Nuimby670/

Number Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Number in the Hindi language
नम्बरnambara-
Number in the Marathi language
नंबरnambara-

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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 Number
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