Tumbong Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Tumbong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tumbong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1741:119,36213,671
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Tumbong (16) may also be a first name.

Tumbong Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tumbong is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tumbong? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tumbong is the 1,295,379th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tumbong reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent forename globally, borne by 16 people.

The surname Tumbong is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 174 people, or 1 in 119,362. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 87 percent live, Southwest Region, where 7 percent live and South Region, where 4 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Tumbong exists in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 1 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 Tumbong
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