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) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omalu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,011,991st most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The last name Omalu is predominantly 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 widely held first name on earth, borne by 33 people.
The surname Omalu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 894,660. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 29 percent live, Enugu, where 15 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 11 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 10 percent live and South Africa, where 5 percent live.
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
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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 Omalu
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