Sheyumbe Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Sheyumbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheyumbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sheyumbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sheyumbe is found most in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheyumbe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Sheyumbe live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 15,393,300. In Kenya Sheyumbe is mostly found in: Kilifi County, where 33 percent live, Lamu County, where 33 percent live and Mombasa County, where 33 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 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
  • 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 Sheyumbe
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