Ofwamba Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Ofwamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 66 | 1:591,504 | 31,661 |
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
Ofwamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ofwamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ofwamba is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ofwamba.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofwamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,596,935th most common family name globally It is held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ofwamba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 591,504. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Tororo District, where 77 percent are found, Namayingo District, where 14 percent are found and Bugiri District, where 2 percent are found. Other than Uganda this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 48 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ofwamba
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