Yombam Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

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

Yombam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yombam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea581:140,58119,337
Cameroon241:865,37858,754

Yombam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yombam is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yombam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,075,631st most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Yombam is primarily found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Yombam live; 71 percent live in Oceania Islands and 71 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name Yombam is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 140,581. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: East Sepik, where 98 percent are found and West Sepik, where 2 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 29 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yambam8361/
Yomban8329/
Yimbam835/
Yombom834/
Jombam831/
Ayombom7731/
Yombang7710/
Yombaan771/
Joumbam771/
Yombane771/
Yambame771/
Embam73316/
Imbam7324/
Jmbam731/
Yosimbom71237/
Yosembom7123/
Yonmboum711/
Hembam675,064/
Yombon67281/
Yamban67207/
Jimbam6776/
Imbame6741/
Gimbam6718/
Jambam6712/
Yonban6711/
Himbam678/
Aimbam672/
Embaum672/
Embame671/
Jombom671/

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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 Yombam
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