Numbur Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

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

Numbur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Numbur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Numbur (36) may also be a first name.

Numbur Last Name Facts

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

The last name Numbur is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Numbur? popularity and diffusion

The last name Numbur is the 2,605,694th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Numbur is primarily found in Oceania, where 40 percent of Numbur reside; 40 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 40 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,717,090th most widely held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 36 people.

This surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: West Sepik, where 73 percent reside, Chimbu, where 23 percent reside and New Ireland, where 5 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 31 percent reside and Indonesia, where 24 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngumbur927/
Numbutr922/
Numbure921/
Numbour921/
Numburd920/
Ngunmbur864/
Nombur8381/
Nimbur8322/
Numbor8314/
Nunbur834/
Ngunbur771/
Nombor6745/

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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 Numbur
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