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 more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plamba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,017,195th most widespread last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Plamba reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

The last name Plamba is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 90 percent live and North Region, where 10 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 48 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

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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