Pembu Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Pembu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Pembu (95) may also be a first name.
Pembu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pembu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pembu (Tibetan: སྤེན་བུ།) is found most in The DR Congo. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pembu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,073,555th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Pembu reside; 65 percent reside in Central Africa and 65 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 95 people.
This surname is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 492,530. Excluding The DR Congo Pembu occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pembeu | 91 | 152 | / |
| Phembu | 91 | 55 | / |
| Pembou | 91 | 14 | / |
| Pembui | 91 | 1 | / |
| Petmbou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pambu | 80 | 4,388 | / |
| Pombu | 80 | 108 | / |
| Pimbu | 80 | 36 | / |
| Pemvu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Penbu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phambu | 73 | 25,625 | / |
| Pimbut | 73 | 206 | / |
| Phemvu | 73 | 53 | / |
| Phombu | 73 | 19 | / |
| Pambeu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Pimbud | 73 | 8 | / |
| Pambhu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Pambau | 73 | 7 | / |
| Pambuh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pombeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Paambu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Penbeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Penbou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pimbou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Phimbut | 67 | 707 | / |
| Phambou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paimbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penbusch | 62 | 2 | / |
| Paimbault | 57 | 6 | / |
| Pinbut | 55 | 24 | / |
| Pinbud | 55 | 1 | / |
| Pimvut | 55 | 1 | / |
| Phanbuh | 50 | 760 | / |
Pembu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pembu in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྤེན་བུ། | penbu | - |
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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 Pembu
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