Koamba Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Koamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Koamba (1,995) may also be a first name.
Koamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koamba is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koamba? popularity and diffusion
Koamba is the 4,772,636th most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Koamba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Koamba are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 169,261st most common first name worldwide, borne by 1,995 people.
It is most commonly held in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 2,621,729. In Burkina Faso Koamba is mostly concentrated in: Sahel Region, where 43 percent reside, Cascades Region, where 14 percent reside and Centre Region, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Burkina Faso this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 35 percent reside and Cameroon, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kouamba | 92 | 677 | / |
| Koambap | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kaomba | 83 | 4,555 | / |
| Koambi | 83 | 73 | / |
| Coamba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Koambo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Koambe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Koanba | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kahomba | 77 | 312 | / |
| Kouambo | 77 | 72 | / |
| Kouambi | 77 | 48 | / |
| Kouambe | 77 | 20 | / |
| Kuiamba | 77 | 5 | / |
| Kohomba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Koyomba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kaaumba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaaemba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kouanba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kouambou | 71 | 20 | / |
| Kohoumba | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kouambes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kaombe | 67 | 7,522 | / |
| Kaombo | 67 | 236 | / |
| Kohanbash | 67 | 58 | / |
| Kaombi | 67 | 28 | / |
| Kaheambau | 67 | 5 | / |
| Caomba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kouambess | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Koamba
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