Waimbe Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Waimbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Waimbe (14) may also be a first name.
Waimbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waimbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Waimbe is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waimbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most widely held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Waimbe live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Waimbe is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 14 people.
The last name Waimbe is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 189,621. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 37 percent live, Morobe, where 33 percent live and Jiwaka, where 9 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Waimbe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis