Qumba Surname

245,794th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,619 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Qumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qumba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,6091:33,6724,303
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
England31:18,572,686338,250
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Qumba Last Name Facts

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

Qumba is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Qumba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Qumba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Qumba is the 245,794th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,501,264 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Qumba reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Qumba is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 1,609 people, or 1 in 33,672. In South Africa Qumba is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 55 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 18 percent reside and Gauteng, where 11 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Qumba Last Name Statistics demography

Qumba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.92% less than the national average, earning R 116,628 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quimba912,206/
Quemba912,130/
Qumbay918/
Gqumba911/
Quimbay831,560/
Quimboa8372/
Quimbad8312/
Quimbai839/
Quimbas831/
Qumbaiz831/
Quembay831/
Qemba803/
Qumbo802/
Kqmba801/
Qimba801/
Qumva801/
Ngqumbai7710/
Quimbach778/
Quembo7312,992/
Guimba736,173/
Quimbo735,687/
Kuimba731,333/
Kuemba73161/
Guemba7331/
Quenba7323/
Qumboz7310/
Nqumbo738/
Qumboo737/
Cuimba736/
Quinba734/
Cuemba732/
Gqumbo732/
Qwemba731/
Gqimba731/
Keumba731/
Qumbey730/
Ngqumbo6791/
Quimboy6775/
Nkuimba6738/
Quinbay6732/
Quimbey6723/
Guimbai6716/
Kmba6714/
Qmwa675/
Kuumbha674/
Cmba673/
Qmua672/
Kuimbha671/
Cuimbay671/
Hguimba671/
Kouemba671/
Nkuemba671/
Quimbot671/
Quiembo671/
Guimbaa671/
Guinmba671/
Ghuimba671/
Cuimbaa671/
Guembah671/
Qmbo671/

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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 Qumba
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