Pamben Surname

830,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 333 people bear this surname

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

Pamben Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pamben Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea2731:29,8673,418
India491:15,654,396253,566
England61:9,286,343223,652
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Pamben (801) may also be a first name.

Pamben Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pamben has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pamben? popularity and diffusion

Pamben is the 830,559th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 21,884,522 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 82 percent of Pamben live; 82 percent live in Oceania Islands and 82 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Pamben is also the 289,129th most frequently occurring given name on earth, borne by 801 people.

It is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 29,867. In Papua New Guinea Pamben is most numerous in: Enga, where 96 percent are found, National Capital District, where 3 percent are found and Manus, where 0 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Paumben924/
Phamben924/
Pambien921/
Pambuen921/
Pambn911/
Pacimben863/
Pambin8313/
Pemben831/
Pombeng772/
Phambem772/
Panbeun771/
Patmuen771/
Pamweng771/
Pombn731/
Phatmuen714/
Paimueng711/
Panwen6715/
Panbin677/
Pasmwn673/
Pamuin671/
Panuen671/
Pattenben670/

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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 Pamben
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