Ofwamba Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ofwamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ofwamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda661:591,50431,661
Kenya611:757,04831,106

Ofwamba Last Name Facts

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

Ofwamba occurs most in Uganda. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ofwamba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ofwamba is the 1,596,935th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ofwamba are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Ofwamba is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 591,504. In Uganda it is most common in: Tororo District, where 77 percent live, Namayingo District, where 14 percent live and Bugiri District, where 2 percent live. Not including Uganda Ofwamba exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 48 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afwamba867/
Ofwambe864/
Obwambai8027/
Abwamba7184/
Ofuomba713/
Afwambo712/
Afuamba711/
Obwomba711/
Abwambi5721/
Obwombo571/
Avuemba571/
Afuambo571/
Afuambe571/
Abwanba571/
Abuhamba531/
Afuambeh531/
Obuhomba531/

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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 Ofwamba
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