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 last name Yomby occurs most in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yomby? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yomby is the 4,427,875th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Yomby is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Yomby live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held forename globally, borne by 14 people.

The last name Yomby is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon Yomby is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 89 percent live and West Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

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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