Wumbo Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Wumbo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Wumbo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wumbo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wumbo is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wumbo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Wumbo reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Wumbo is primarily found in: Nasarawa, where 75 percent reside and Taraba, where 25 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Wumbo is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent reside and Kenya, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woumbo | 91 | 3 | / |
| Woumbou | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wumba | 80 | 24,165 | / |
| Wombo | 80 | 2,597 | / |
| Bumbo | 80 | 936 | / |
| Wimbo | 80 | 153 | / |
| Vumbo | 80 | 56 | / |
| Wunbo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Woumba | 73 | 257 | / |
| Womboo | 73 | 171 | / |
| Voumbo | 73 | 67 | / |
| Wiembo | 73 | 41 | / |
| Buumbo | 73 | 33 | / |
| Bumboo | 73 | 16 | / |
| Wombou | 73 | 9 | / |
| Waumba | 73 | 8 | / |
| Boumbo | 73 | 8 | / |
| Womboi | 73 | 7 | / |
| Wounbo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Bumboi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wumbah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Womboy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wonmbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buimbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wunbuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wunmba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bumbuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bumboh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wombuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Boumbou | 67 | 363 | / |
| Wahumba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Voumbou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wounbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wutimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wusimba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wumbo
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