Sumbia Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

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

Sumbia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sumbia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea691:118,17016,048
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Sumbia (17) may also be a first name.

Sumbia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sumbia is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sumbia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,152,526th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 94,643,453 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Sumbia reside; 90 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 90 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 17 people.

The surname Sumbia is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 118,170. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: East Sepik, where 96 percent are found and Morobe, where 3 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 3 percent are found and Taiwan, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Soumbia9216/
Seumbia922/
Shumbia921/
Shoumbia861/
Sombia83365/
Sumbya83203/
Zumbia833/
Sumbea832/
Jumbia831/
Chumbia77189/
Coumbia7730/
Zoumbia7710/
Shumbio7710/
Shumbiâ774/
Zeumbia771/
Zumbiha771/
Djoumbia711/
Djeumbia711/
Sumvya67134/
Zombia677/
Sombio674/
Sombya674/
Cumbio672/
Jumbio672/
Choumbiah671/
Cunbia670/
Chumbio6211/
Shumwya623/
Shimbya622/
Ssimbya621/
Jjumbya621/
Djoumbya5711/
Somwaiya5710/
Shombhya571/
Zonbia5020/
Zumbeo504/
Sunvya501/
Somwya501/

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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 Sumbia
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