Petemba Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Petemba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Petemba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Petemba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Petemba has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Petemba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,506,728th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Petemba occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Petemba reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Other than The DR Congo it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Patemba86201/
Petembe86118/
Potemba861/
Phetembe8010/
Petember804/
Petembou802/
Phemba7758,668/
Peimba773/
Pitomba7181/
Petambo7118/
Patomba7117/
Pitamba718/
Patamba716/
Patimba715/
Patembo714/
Potamba714/
Potembo711/
Pestenbach711/
Petmbou711/
Peaneba711/
Pitimba711/
Petambou6721/
Pemva672/
Pitimbay671/
Pitember671/
Petamboh671/
Petenbou671/
Peutmbou671/

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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 Petemba
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