Yambela Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Yambela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yambela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Yambela Last Name Facts

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

Yambela is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yambela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,806,862nd most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Yambela are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 769,579. Barring The DR Congo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 5 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yatembela881/
Jambela861,662/
Yambele861,381/
Yambala86923/
Eambela86233/
Yambola86108/
Yambila8676/
Yamwela867/
Yombela867/
Yambelo861/
Yanbela861/
Yambeli861/
Yamballa80183/
Yambalia8043/
Agiambela751/
Egiambela751/
Yasembeli751/
Yasembele751/
Jambila71217/
Yombola71123/
Yambili7170/
Jambala7163/
Jambele7161/
Yambalo7155/
Jambeli7135/
Yambolo7134/
Yonbela7128/
Yambilo7121/
Yombele718/
Jambola716/
Yombila715/
Yambile715/
Yanbola712/
Yanbala711/
Jombela711/
Yanbele711/
Yambily711/
Yambaló711/
Yamwilai67294/
Yombalia6732/
Giambeli6725/
Yambohlo6715/
Yamvilai6715/
Yanbeyli677/
Jambhele675/
Jambolla672/
Jambilya672/
Jambilay671/
Ihambila671/
Jambalia671/
Yambaile671/
Jambalay671/
Yamvilas671/
Yambilgo671/
Giambele671/

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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 Yambela
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