Pumbu Surname

283,476th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,359 people bear this surname

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

Pumbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pumbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo9241:79,9569,244
Papua New Guinea3831:21,2892,267
Indonesia371:3,574,303189,798
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
France11:66,422,722504,397
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Pumbu (79) may also be a first name.

Pumbu Last Name Facts

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

Pumbu is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Pumbu.

How Common Is The Last Name Pumbu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 283,476th most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,362,433 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Pumbu live; 68 percent live in Central Africa and 68 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 79 people.

It is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 924 people, or 1 in 79,956. Apart from The DR Congo it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phumbu91118/
Pumbui9198/
Pumbut917/
Pumbus911/
Poumbou8374/
Phumbut8339/
Paumbou832/
Phumbuh832/
Pumbuit831/
Pombu80108/
Pimbu8036/
Punbu801/
Poumbouh771/
Peutmbou771/
Pombou7370/
Punbut7320/
Pfumvu7320/
Phombu7319/
Pimbou731/
Phunbut67128/
Punbuth674/
Poombau671/
Punvut555/
Punwut551/
Phunwut501/

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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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  • 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 Pumbu
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