Ribouem Surname

763,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 374 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ribouem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ribouem Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon3731:55,6817,197
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Ribouem Last Name Facts

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

Ribouem is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ribouem? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 763,307th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 19,485,417 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ribouem live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 373 people, or 1 in 55,681. In Cameroon Ribouem is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 83 percent live, Littoral Region, where 14 percent live and South Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Togo, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ribouen863/
Rebouem861/
Reboum771/
Riboun771/
Reichboum751/
Rebojem713/
Rioboun711/
Reboune711/
Rayboum710/
Reisbaum6762/
Ribaheem674/
Richbaum671/
Raisbaum671/
Ribujent671/
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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 Ribouem
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