Remba Surname

318,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Remba Surname Definition:

(from an acronym/abbreviation) Remba, or Rembo, is an acronym for a patronymic Rabbi Moshe ben Avraham or an acronym for the Biblical phrase rabot mahshavot belev ish, “many are the thoughts in the heart of man.”

Remba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia5051:261,88023,736
Zimbabwe2771:55,7348,431
Poland931:408,69643,526
United States611:5,941,950288,805
Papua New Guinea361:226,49231,172
Ukraine321:1,422,584115,871
Malaysia251:1,179,76951,323
France241:2,767,613196,808
Mexico231:5,396,79230,197
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Burkina Faso181:1,019,56110,177
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
India61:127,844,230863,365
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
England31:18,572,686338,250
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Remba (295) may also be a first name.

Remba Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from an acronym/abbreviation) Remba, or Rembo, is an acronym for a patronymic Rabbi Moshe ben Avraham or an acronym for the Biblical phrase rabot mahshavot belev ish, “many are the thoughts in the heart of man.”

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Remba Last Name Facts

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

Remba (Hindi: रेम्बा, Oriya: େମେଲକା, Russian: Ремба) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Remba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 318,721st most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,207,450 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 45 percent of Remba live; 44 percent live in Southeast Asia and 44 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Remba is also the 513,559th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 295 people.

The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 505 people, or 1 in 261,880. In Indonesia Remba is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 53 percent reside, South Sulawesi, where 25 percent reside and North Sulawesi, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent reside and Poland, where 8 percent reside.

Remba Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Remba surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Remba earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 68.41% more than the national average, earning $72,669 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rembas91304/
Rembah91128/
Rembau9121/
Rhemba9110/
Rembat916/
Ruemba916/
Rembea915/
Rembai913/
Remboa912/
Rembaz911/
Rembaś911/
Reumba911/
Rmba891/
Rembacz83842/
Rembach83218/
Riembau83129/
Rembaud83103/
Rembaux8316/
Rembaut8316/
Reimbau8310/
Rembatz836/
Reimbai833/
Reambau832/
Rembass831/
Rembasz831/
Romba8016,198/
Ramba806,025/
Rimba805,696/
Rembo801,491/
Rembe80614/
Rembi8074/
Remwa8049/
Rymba8036/
Remby8031/
Renba803/
Remua802/
Rîmba802/
Römba801/
Reymbaut77200/
Rembault7775/
Reimbeau7747/
Rembeaux7714/
Reimbach776/
Hrembach775/
Rymbai7311,291/
Rambau738,959/
Rambha732,635/
Rambai732,157/
Rambay732,132/
Rembet731,504/
Rimbau73329/
Rembis73295/
Rombai73268/
Rember73231/
Rhamba73112/
Rembiś7389/
Rimbas7363/
Rombay7357/
Rembos7347/
Rymbay7343/
Rimbai7334/
Rembez7332/
Rimbea7328/
Rembeh7326/
Rombau7325/
Reimby7325/
Rembie7322/
Rembot7321/
Rambah7320/
Rembit7320/
Rembes7315/
Rambea7310/
Rombaj739/
Ruembe738/
Rimbat736/
Rmbhai736/
Roimba736/
Rambaa733/
Raamba733/
Renbai733/
Rembou733/
Ruimba733/
Remboo732/
Rimbay732/
Riembo732/
Remboy732/
Renbad732/
Riembe732/
Rombah732/
Hramba732/
Reymua732/
Rhomba731/
Rrembo731/
Rembhe731/
Rombaa731/
Rombha731/
Reambo731/
Rembiz731/
Rembod731/
Riemwa731/
Rimbad731/
Rimbap731/
Renbat731/
Rombea731/
Rymbas731/
Rimbah731/
Rembui731/
Remuah731/
Reunba731/
Rembey730/
Remway730/
Rembeault7114/
Rembatsch715/
Reimbault712/
Hreimbash711/
Rimbaud671,723/
Rimbach671,437/
Rimbaut67494/
Rembish67277/
Rambhai67191/
Römbach6764/
Rimbaux6758/
Rambhau6753/
Rembysh6746/
Rembosz6734/
Remboch6720/
Rembych6718/
Reambeault6716/
Raimbay677/
Rmbe677/
Rymbacz676/
Remberh676/
Rembicz674/
Rimbaya674/
Raimbau672/
Rombaha672/
Rammbau672/
Rembest671/
Rambaai671/
Rambhaa671/
Raimbai671/
Raambai671/
Rymbaai671/
Rymbhai671/
Rynmbai671/
Rrymbai671/
Rammbha671/
Raymbas671/
Rmby671/
Rmbo671/
Rahamba671/
Rambaha671/
Rambhay671/
Reimber671/
Rembout671/
Rembåge671/
Rinmbai671/
Renbaya671/
Rombaay671/
Rnba671/
Ręba671/
Renmbed671/
Rmva671/
Rombayh670/

Remba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Remba in the Hindi language
रेम्बाremba-
Remba in the Oriya language
େମେଲକାemelaka-
Remba in the Russian language
Рембаremba-

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