Umbek Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

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

Umbek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Umbek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia171:1,734,95470,664
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308

Umbek (63) may also be a first name.

Umbek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Umbek is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Umbek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,730,171st most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Umbek occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Umbek are found; 79 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 79 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Umbek is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently used forename on earth It is held by 63 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 1,734,954. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Sarawak, where 94 percent are found and Kuala Lumpur, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Malaysia it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent are found and Indonesia, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Umbeck91145/
Humbek9175/
Gumbek9125/
Humbeck8380/
Humbeek835/
Usimbek833/
Humbeik832/
Usembek831/
Gumbeck830/
Ombek8015/
Umbec803/
Imbek802/
Unbek801/
Umbik801/
Umbeg801/
Humbeeck77151/
Uysembek774/
Umbekova771/
Houmbeuk771/
Hombek73292/
Imbeck73159/
Ombeck7380/
Unbeck7354/
Gumbik7323/
Himbek7312/
Umbaik735/
Jimbek734/
Hunbek734/
Unbeke731/
Humbik731/
Humbeq731/
Hombeck67144/
Huchembeck679/
Himbeck676/
Ounbeke672/
Umbikhe671/
Umbhaik671/
Jimbeck671/
Hombeek670/

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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 Umbek
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