Wemb Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Wemb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 84 | 1:97,068 | 13,033 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Wemb (39) may also be a first name.
Wemb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wemb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wemb occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wemb? popularity and diffusion
Wemb is the 2,034,059th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Wemb reside; 99 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 99 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Wemb is also the 1,637,361st most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 39 people.
The surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 97,068. In Papua New Guinea Wemb is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 56 percent reside, Hela, where 23 percent reside and West Sepik, where 19 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weimb | 89 | 2 | / |
| Weamb | 89 | 1 | / |
| Wmb | 86 | 16 | / |
| Weimbs | 80 | 200 | / |
| Wamb | 75 | 375 | / |
| Womb | 75 | 322 | / |
| Bemb | 75 | 281 | / |
| Wimb | 75 | 226 | / |
| Wemp | 75 | 212 | / |
| Vemb | 75 | 33 | / |
| Wenb | 75 | 3 | / |
| Hwmb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wmbh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wmbp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wymb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wembová | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wempe | 67 | 1,546 | / |
| Wimbs | 67 | 302 | / |
| Waimb | 67 | 85 | / |
| Waenb | 67 | 4 | / |
| Beimb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weinb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wenbt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wemps | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weymv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wyneb | 67 | 0 | / |
| Weamp | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wempf | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wemb
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