Tumbek Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Tumbek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tumbek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Tümbek (185) are calculated separately.

Tumbek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tumbek is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Tümbek. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tumbek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Tumbek are found; 77 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 77 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name Tumbek is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 2,949,422. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 90 percent reside and Penang, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Malaysia Tumbek is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tümbek94185/
Tumbeck920/
Thumbeck8661/
Tuymebek8640/
Tuimebek8627/
Tombek8372/
Timbek8318/
Tunbek8313/
Tumbik8310/
Tumbeg837/
Teuhmbeuk801/
Tumbekova801/
Timbeck7716/
Tumbike771/
Taumbekova754/
Tuinbeek7159/
Tusenbek7117/
Thombeck710/
Tombeg67207/
Tumbic675/
Tombik673/
Timbik671/
Tonbek671/
Timbäck6215/
Tunbäck623/
Tombic501/

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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 Tumbek
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