Yambo Surname
Approximately 9,690 people bear this surname
Yambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 7,080 | 1:10,435 | 1,288 |
| Papua New Guinea | 457 | 1:17,842 | 1,795 |
| Kenya | 387 | 1:119,328 | 10,008 |
| United States | 313 | 1:1,158,016 | 83,004 |
| Indonesia | 228 | 1:580,040 | 46,367 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Philippines | 165 | 1:613,565 | 66,062 |
| Zambia | 161 | 1:98,447 | 7,911 |
| Puerto Rico | 150 | 1:23,668 | 781 |
| Niger | 130 | 1:147,631 | 5,431 |
| Cameroon | 71 | 1:292,522 | 27,501 |
| Congo | 65 | 1:76,755 | 6,702 |
| Burkina Faso | 62 | 1:296,002 | 5,313 |
| Benin | 47 | 1:219,906 | 20,230 |
| Ivory Coast | 42 | 1:549,315 | 16,834 |
| Ecuador | 33 | 1:481,995 | 10,698 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Venezuela | 16 | 1:1,887,755 | 23,347 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Yambó (1) are calculated separately.
Yambo (988) may also be a first name.
Yambo Demographics
Yambo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Yambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yambo (Hindi: याम्बो, Russian: Ямбо) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Yambó. Click here for further potential spellings of Yambo.
How Common Is The Last Name Yambo? popularity and diffusion
Yambo is the 52,753rd most widespread last name globally It is held by around 1 in 752,069 people. Yambo is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Yambo reside; 74 percent reside in Central Africa and 74 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 256,274th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 988 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 7,080 people, or 1 in 10,435. Apart from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside and Kenya, where 4 percent reside.
Yambo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Yambo has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Yambo last name expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Yambo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Yambo last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Yambo surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Yambo earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.89% less than the national average, earning $31,115 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yambo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yambo in the Hindi language | ||
| याम्बो | yambo | - |
| Yambo in the Russian language | ||
| Ямбо | ambo | - |
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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 Yambo
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