Nymbe Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Namibia

Nymbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nymbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nymbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nymbe is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nymbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nymbe is the 7,117,718th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nymbe live; 43 percent live in Central Africa and 43 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Nymbe is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent are found and West Region, where 50 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 29 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nyombe911,313/
Nymbie911/
Nymbeu911/
Nyombee8312/
Nymberh834/
Nembe801,748/
Nimbe80776/
Nymba8029/
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Nynbe801/
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Neumbe7312,036/
Nyombi7310,580/
Ngembe73688/
Nember73511/
Nhimbe73266/
Nhembe73136/
Niombe7349/
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Gnimbe7317/
Nimbeu7310/
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Nuembe737/
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Nembeu732/
Naembe732/
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Nimbie731/
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Némber731/
Gnembe731/
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Nuumbe731/
Nnyombi67197/
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Ngaimbe6732/
Ngnimbe6711/
Nyombui6711/
Niombey679/
Nehembe677/
Ngimbee676/
Ngnembe674/
Ngeembe674/
Nyombai672/
Noimber671/
Nembehe671/
Neumbeu671/
Ngembeh671/
Nneumbe671/
Neember671/
Nnembee671/
Neembea671/
Niembej671/
Neimbeh671/
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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 Nymbe
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