Omabene Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Omabene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Omabene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1301:355,23020,851
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603

Omabene Last Name Facts

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

The last name Omabene is most common in Kenya. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Omabene? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,551,568th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name Omabene occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omabene reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 355,230. In Kenya Omabene is most numerous in: Kisii County, where 92 percent reside, Nakuru County, where 7 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 1 percent reside. Barring Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.

Omabene Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Omabene last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Omabone8615/
Amabene8610/
Omobene864/
Umabene861/
Omobone7144/
Omobeni712/
Amabone712/
Amabean711/
Amabeni711/
Omobane711/
Amanpene6711/
Umabenay673/
Omawgeni672/
Amampene672/
Omobemhe671/
Omobgeni671/
Omobonne671/

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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 Omabene
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