Wombu Surname
Approximately 519 people bear this surname
Wombu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 372 | 1:476,190 | 23,978 |
| Papua New Guinea | 139 | 1:58,660 | 7,509 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wombu (40) may also be a first name.
Wombu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wombu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wombu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wombu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wombu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wombu is the 599,225th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,041,514 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Wombu live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wombu is also the 1,614,485th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 40 people.
The surname Wombu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 372 people, or 1 in 476,190. In Nigeria Wombu is most frequent in: Benue, where 52 percent live, Rivers, where 24 percent live and Bayelsa, where 17 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 27 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wombou | 91 | 9 | / |
| Wombuu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Wosimbu | 83 | 11 | / |
| Woumbou | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wambu | 80 | 2,801 | / |
| Bombu | 80 | 192 | / |
| Wumbu | 80 | 187 | / |
| Wembu | 80 | 73 | / |
| Wonbu | 80 | 9 | / |
| Uombu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Womvu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wombouth | 77 | 3 | / |
| Wambui | 73 | 224,046 | / |
| Bombou | 73 | 867 | / |
| Womboo | 73 | 171 | / |
| Wambou | 73 | 101 | / |
| Bombau | 73 | 82 | / |
| Wambau | 73 | 70 | / |
| Wambuu | 73 | 30 | / |
| Hwembu | 73 | 21 | / |
| Bombuy | 73 | 11 | / |
| Bombui | 73 | 7 | / |
| Wambeu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Bombeu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wembeu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wambut | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wambuh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wehmbu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wambuz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Boumbu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waembu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vombut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wambud | 73 | 1 | / |
| Womboe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hwambu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Boumbou | 67 | 363 | / |
| Watembu | 67 | 15 | / |
| Wambutt | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wambout | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wambush | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wambult | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wambuha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Voumbou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wehmbuh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wambuui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wanmbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Watimbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wounbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bonmbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waambui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wanmbui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wwambui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wambahu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wambuch | 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 Wombu
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