Olembe Surname
Approximately 832 people bear this surname
Olembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 450 | 1:46,153 | 6,059 |
| Congo | 176 | 1:28,347 | 2,979 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
The alternate forms: Olembé (2) are calculated separately.
Olembe (88) may also be a first name.
Olembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olembe (Marathi: ओळंबे) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Olembé. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 417,776th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,759,070 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Olembe live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most widespread first name globally, borne by 88 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 450 people, or 1 in 46,153. In Cameroon Olembe is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 78 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 15 percent are found and East Region, where 3 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 21 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Olembe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Olembe in the Marathi language | ||
| ओळंबे | olambe | - |
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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 Olembe
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