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

The last name Pomb is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pomb? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pomb is the 1,955,159th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. This surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Pomb reside; 97 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 97 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Pomb is also the 1,545,828th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 43 people.

This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 92,656. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Enga, where 34 percent reside, Western Highlands, where 31 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 19 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

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
  • 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 Pomb
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