Odumbe Surname

399,363rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 881 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Odumbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Odumbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya7221:63,9616,182
Tanzania881:601,60937,493
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Odumbe (67) may also be a first name.

Odumbe Last Name Facts

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

Odumbe is found most in Kenya. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Odumbe.

How Common Is The Last Name Odumbe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 399,363rd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,271,902 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Odumbe live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Odumbe is also the 1,191,548th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 67 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 722 people, or 1 in 63,961. In Kenya Odumbe is most prevalent in: Nairobi County, where 34 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 25 percent live and Kisumu County, where 21 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 10 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.

Odumbe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Godumbe921/
Edumbe83685/
Udumbe83278/
Odumba83111/
Odimbe8318/
Odumbi8310/
Adumbe835/
Odombe832/
Adaumbe7750/
Adoumbe776/
Odunbge774/
Odoumbi772/
Gadumbe772/
Edoumbe771/
Odoumba771/
Adoumbei712/
Adumbi67333/
Adumba67326/
Udumba6787/
Adombe6728/
Udombe6726/
Odimbi6722/
Odomba6714/
Adunbe6713/
Odunba676/
Edimbe674/
Odunbi673/
Adimbe673/
Edumbi673/
Odunve672/
Odumwa671/
Houdoumba671/
Odunby670/

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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 Odumbe
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