Okambawa Surname
Approximately 772 people bear this surname
Okambawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 741 | 1:13,948 | 1,901 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
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 is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okambawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okambawa is the 442,751st most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,439,826 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Okambawa live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most numerous given name throughout the world, held by 65 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 741 people, or 1 in 13,948. In Benin Okambawa is primarily found in: Collines Department, where 77 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 8 percent are found and Zou Department, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Benin it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and Qatar, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okanbawa | 88 | 78 | / |
| Okombawa | 88 | 2 | / |
| Akambawa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Okonbawa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Akambaeva | 71 | 60 | / |
| Okombaeva | 71 | 11 | / |
| Akanmbaba | 71 | 3 | / |
| Akhambaeva | 67 | 40 | / |
| Akamboba | 63 | 4 | / |
| Akambowo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Akonbawa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Akombowa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Okonbaeva | 59 | 31 | / |
| Akanbaeva | 59 | 28 | / |
| Akembaeva | 59 | 9 | / |
| Ekembaeva | 59 | 8 | / |
| Akambowua | 59 | 1 | / |
| Akhanbaeva | 56 | 36 | / |
| Ekeimbaeva | 56 | 1 | / |
| Akanvaba | 50 | 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
- 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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