Yumbu Surname

241,884th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,651 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Yumbu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yumbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania8501:62,2846,662
DR Congo6161:119,93413,059
Papua New Guinea821:99,43613,359
Indonesia731:1,811,633116,472
Kenya181:2,565,55037,160
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yumbu (462) may also be a first name.

Yumbu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yumbu is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yumbu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 241,884th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,414,019 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Yumbu are found; 53 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 396,762nd most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 462 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 850 people, or 1 in 62,284. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Simiyu Region, where 68 percent are found, Shinyanga Region, where 21 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania Yumbu exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 37 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yumbui9146/
Oyumbu916/
Youmbu915/
Uyumbu914/
Yumbuu912/
Yumbau911/
Youmbou8329/
Yohumbu8318/
Yahumbu8313/
Yuhmbuh833/
Jumbu80473/
Yunbu802/
Oyoumbou771/
Eyoumbou771/
Jumbou73105/
Jumbui7324/
Jumbuh7315/
Jumbut7310/
Jumbau739/
Ehumbu732/
Ijumbu731/
Joumbou6713/
Ayombou672/
Yiombui671/
Ayombeu671/
Eoumbou671/
Jeumbou671/
Jeumbeu671/

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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 Yumbu
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