Oluwambe Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Oluwambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 122 | 1:1,451,990 | 55,913 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Oluwambe (693) may also be a first name.
Oluwambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oluwambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oluwambe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oluwambe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,620,164th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Oluwambe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 314,062nd most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 693 people.
Oluwambe is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 1,451,990. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 35 percent reside, Lagos, where 25 percent reside and Ondo, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Oluwambe
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