Omalu Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Omalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 198 | 1:894,660 | 38,889 |
| Namibia | 26 | 1:92,669 | 8,353 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
Omalu (33) may also be a first name.
Omalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omalu (Oriya: ଓମାଲୁ) occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Omalu? popularity and diffusion
Omalu is the 1,011,991st most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 29,034,047 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Omalu live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omalu is also the 1,807,719th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 33 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 894,660. In Nigeria Omalu is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 29 percent reside, Enugu, where 15 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 10 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Omalu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Omalu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓମାଲୁ | omalu | - |
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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 Omalu
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