Okwamba Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Okwamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Okwamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okwamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okwamba is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okwamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,414,640th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Okwamba are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 3,107,768. In Nigeria Okwamba is primarily found in: Enugu, where 33 percent live, Abia, where 30 percent live and Rivers, where 14 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okwaumba | 93 | 1 | / |
| Okwemba | 86 | 2,969 | / |
| Ekwamba | 86 | 48 | / |
| Okwomba | 86 | 43 | / |
| Akwamba | 86 | 7 | / |
| Okwambo | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ukwamba | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okwanba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oukwahamba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Akwambai | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ogwambai | 80 | 4 | / |
| Okwembah | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hakwamba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akwasemba | 75 | 41 | / |
| Ukwahamba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Agwamba | 71 | 269 | / |
| Ekwemba | 71 | 80 | / |
| Akwambi | 71 | 56 | / |
| Ogwomba | 71 | 53 | / |
| Ekwomba | 71 | 27 | / |
| Ukwambe | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ukuamba | 71 | 9 | / |
| Ugwamba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Akwambe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ogwambo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ogwemba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okuambo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ogbamba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ekuamba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwambo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akwemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ankwambe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Ugwuamba | 67 | 12 | / |
| Akwamber | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ukuhamba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Agwuamba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akweambi | 67 | 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 Okwamba
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis