Okambawa Surname

442,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 772 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Okambawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okambawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin7411:13,9481,901
Ivory Coast91:2,563,47041,100
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Okambawa (65) may also be a first name.

Okambawa Last Name Facts

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

Okambawa occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okambawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okambawa is the 442,751st most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,439,826 people. Okambawa occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Okambawa reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okambawa is also the 1,212,820th most common first name globally It is held by 65 people.

Okambawa is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 741 people, or 1 in 13,948. In Benin Okambawa is primarily concentrated in: Collines Department, where 77 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 8 percent reside and Zou Department, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin Okambawa is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okanbawa8878/
Okombawa882/
Akambawa881/
Okonbawa751/
Akambaeva7160/
Okombaeva7111/
Akanmbaba713/
Akhambaeva6740/
Akamboba634/
Akambowo631/
Akonbawa631/
Akombowa631/
Okonbaeva5931/
Akanbaeva5928/
Akembaeva599/
Ekembaeva598/
Akambowua591/
Akhanbaeva5636/
Ekeimbaeva561/
Akanvaba501/

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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 Okambawa
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