Yemb Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yemb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yemb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea371:220,37130,351
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Cameroon221:944,04961,779
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Yemb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yemb is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yemb? popularity and diffusion

Yemb is the 1,907,068th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Yemb reside; 59 percent reside in Central Africa and 59 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Yemb is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 220,371. In Papua New Guinea Yemb is primarily found in: Jiwaka, where 57 percent live, Madang, where 32 percent live and West New Britain, where 11 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 36 percent live and Cameroon, where 23 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iyemb89117/
Uyemb894/
Ayemb891/
Yhemb891/
Emb8692/
Yihemb80513/
Hiyemb804/
Aiyemb801/
Yiyemb801/
Gemb75111/
Eimb7524/
Eamb756/
Yemp752/
Jemb751/
Emhb751/
Ihemb67427/
Oyamb6729/
Yempe6718/
Ejamb679/
Ejemb675/
Uyamb674/
Awemb674/
Iyamb674/
Ajemb674/
Ayomb673/
Yenbs673/
Ayneb671/
Eyamb671/
Ehemb671/
Oyomb671/
Heimb671/
Jhemb671/
Ayumb671/
Jembs671/

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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 Yemb
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