Yomby Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Yomby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yomby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon181:1,153,83770,128
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yomby (14) may also be a first name.

Yomby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yomby is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yomby? popularity and diffusion

Yomby is the 4,427,875th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Yomby reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 90 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Yomby is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 89 percent reside and West Region, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yhomby916/
Yhombhy831/
Yombi804,299/
Yomba803,020/
Yombe801,912/
Jomby8020/
Yamby802/
Yombé801/
Hayombay774/
Yambay733,029/
Oyombe73630/
Oyomba73620/
Oyombi73363/
Ayomba73336/
Jomboy73231/
Ayombi73212/
Yambey73212/
Eyombi73210/
Eyombe73124/
Yombai73114/
Eyomba73112/
Yombeu73107/
Yombet7389/
Ayombe7355/
Yambyo7327/
Yombie7318/
Yonbay7316/
Yombeh7313/
Yombio738/
Yimbiy735/
Yombes733/
Yoombe733/
Yomboi732/
Yonmba732/
Yombha731/
Yombei731/
Yambuy731/
Yommbi731/
Yombih731/
Yonboy731/
Uyomba731/
Yambaya67281/
Emby67245/
Ayombee67178/
Yosimbi6776/
Imby6747/
Yonmbai6733/
Ymba6728/
Hayombe676/
Yooumbe676/
Ayombai675/
Yombehe674/
Ayombie673/
Yosembi672/
Ymbi672/
Joumbey672/
Yhombie672/
Ymbj671/
Yiombui671/
Ymbe671/
Ayiomba671/
Ayombaa671/
Yimbaya671/
Yohombe671/
Yohmbeh671/
Yombois671/

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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 Yomby
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