Yomb Surname

617,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yomb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yomb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon4311:48,1886,310
Papua New Guinea581:140,58119,337
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
France21:33,211,361423,184
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Yomb (56) may also be a first name.

Yomb Last Name Facts

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

Yomb is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yomb? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 617,991st most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 14,633,626 people. Yomb occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Yomb are found; 87 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Yomb is also the 1,321,957th most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 56 people.

This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 431 people, or 1 in 48,188. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 57 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 41 percent are found and East Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Cameroon Yomb is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hyomb8922/
Ayomb893/
Yombs892/
Oyomb891/
Hyommb801/
Yamb751,389/
Jomb7521/
Oimb754/
Yimb754/
Ymbh752/
Yonb752/
Yomp751/
Ymbp751/
Ysmb751/
Yomv751/
Iomb751/
Goimb6781/
Giomb6710/
Yompe676/
Yameb671/
Ayonb671/
Yaamb671/
Ytemb671/
Hyomw671/
Juomb671/
Joumb671/
Yambt671/
Jommb671/

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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 Yomb
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