Pomb Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

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

Pomb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pomb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea881:92,65612,367
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Pomb (43) may also be a first name.

Pomb Last Name Facts

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

Pomb is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pomb? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,955,159th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 97 percent of Pomb are found; 97 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 97 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Pomb is also the 1,545,828th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 43 people.

Pomb is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 92,656. In Papua New Guinea Pomb is most numerous in: Enga, where 34 percent live, Western Highlands, where 31 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 19 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea Pomb exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poumb893/
Poombs804/
Pomp751,267/
Pemb7558/
Pumb7528/
Pamb7514/
Ponb752/
Pomv751/
Pomf751/
Pombova735/
Pompe672,559/
Pompf6736/
Pomps6715/
Poomw675/
Poump674/
Phomp672/
Phamb671/
Pomph671/
Phumb671/
Pumbh671/
Ponbs671/
Pambh671/

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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 Pomb
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