Sembong Surname

611,703rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 505 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Sembong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sembong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon4231:49,0996,418
Indonesia411:3,225,590176,839
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Sembong (64) may also be a first name.

Sembong Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sembong has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sembong.

How Common Is The Last Name Sembong? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sembong is the 611,703rd most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,430,784 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Sembong reside; 84 percent reside in Central Africa and 65 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Sembong is also the 1,223,525th most prevalent given name world-wide. It is borne by 64 people.

The surname Sembong is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 423 people, or 1 in 49,099. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: East Region, where 83 percent live, Centre Region, where 13 percent live and Littoral Region, where 3 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.

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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 Sembong
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