Umba Surname
Approximately 206,202 people bear this surname
Umba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 194,479 | 1:380 | 21 |
| Angola | 6,902 | 1:3,910 | 570 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2,110 | 1:3,864 | 204 |
| Colombia | 668 | 1:71,518 | 3,098 |
| Philippines | 452 | 1:223,978 | 34,530 |
| India | 438 | 1:1,751,291 | 62,738 |
| Indonesia | 363 | 1:364,323 | 31,350 |
| Nigeria | 223 | 1:794,362 | 35,535 |
| Tanzania | 136 | 1:389,277 | 27,871 |
| United States | 73 | 1:4,965,191 | 254,179 |
| France | 70 | 1:948,896 | 108,010 |
| Malaysia | 48 | 1:614,463 | 29,648 |
| Belgium | 44 | 1:261,287 | 31,734 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Kenya | 25 | 1:1,847,196 | 36,049 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 4 | 1:44,356 | 2,027 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Ùmba (1) are calculated separately.
Umba (7,232) may also be a first name.
Umba Demographics
Average Umba Salary in
United States
$49,768 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Umba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Umba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Umba (Hindi: उम्बा, Marathi: उंबा, Russian: Умба) occurs most in The DR Congo. It may occur as a variant: Ùmba. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Umba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,704th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 35,342 people. The surname Umba is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Umba are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Umba is also the 75,986th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 7,232 people.
This surname is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 194,479 people, or 1 in 380. Besides The DR Congo Umba exists in 55 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Umba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Umba has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Umba last name increased 664 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Umba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Umba surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Umba surname are 8.31% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.54% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Umba earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 15.39% more than the national average, earning $26,196,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.34% more than the national average, earning $49,768 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.86% less than the national average, earning $36,336 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Umba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Umba in the Marathi language | ||
| उंबा | umba | - |
| Umba in the Hindi language | ||
| उम्बा | umba | 75 |
| अम्बादेवी | ambadevi | 25 |
| Umba in the Russian language | ||
| Умба | umba | - |
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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 Umba
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