Plamba Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Plamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Plamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon201:1,038,45365,513
Colombia201:2,388,70413,197
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Plamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Plamba is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Plamba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plamba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Plamba reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon Plamba is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 90 percent reside and North Region, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Plamba exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 48 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.

Plamba Last Name Statistics demography

Plamba earn notably less less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 15.88% less than the national average, earning $19,098,300 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pliambas862/
Plemba834/
Plomba833/
Plambo831/
Planbau777/
Plombat776/
Plaumbo774/
Plambech71250/
Plomby676/
Plombo673/
Plamvou6241/
Plomboy622/
Plombás621/
Plannbo621/
Ploumbis575/
Plombosz571/
Pflanber571/
Pillanwad531/
Plattenby530/
Plattenbos5017/
Plenbo502/

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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 Plamba
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