Rimb Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

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

Rimb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rimb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea321:254,80434,943
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Rimb (12) may also be a first name.

Rimb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rimb is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rimb? popularity and diffusion

Rimb is the 3,432,070th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 97 percent of Rimb live; 97 percent live in Oceania Islands and 97 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 12 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 254,804. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Southern Highlands, where 47 percent are found, Western Highlands, where 44 percent are found and Hela, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roimb89284/
Ruimb89101/
Raimb8911/
Riomb891/
Rmb86302/
Rumb75839/
Remb75262/
Rimp7515/
Hrmb754/
Rmbt751/
Rmbs751/
Rmbp751/
Rymb751/
Rrmb751/
Rimf751/
Rimv751/
Rmbh751/
Rimbova731/
Rimpf67187/
Roimp6787/
Rembs6769/
Rimpp6763/
Rimpe6721/
Ruumb6721/
Rembt6716/
Ruimp6714/
Rinbø675/
Rhumb671/
Rimps671/
Rimff670/
Reimp670/
Rimph670/

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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 Rimb
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