Samekomba Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Samekomba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Samekomba 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
Cameroon1491:139,39015,562
France11:66,422,722504,397

Samekomba Last Name Facts

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

Samekomba is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Samekomba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,434,893rd most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname Samekomba is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Samekomba reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 139,390. In Cameroon Samekomba is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 81 percent live, East Region, where 16 percent live and South Region, where 2 percent live. Apart from Cameroon Samekomba is found in one country. It is also common in France, where 1 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
Samekoumba951/
Samakomba891/
Samekombo891/
Shamakomba8437/
Samakamba781/
Shamakamba74445/
Semakamba677/
Somekambou6316/
Ssemakamba633/
Shamakanba631/
Chamikumbi5366/
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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 Samekomba
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