Omambala Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Omambala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Omambala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1091:1,625,16360,488
England121:4,643,172139,951
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Omambala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Omambala occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Omambala? popularity and diffusion

Omambala is the 1,628,521st most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Omambala live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Omambala is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 109 people, or 1 in 1,625,163. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 33 percent are found, Delta, where 29 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 11 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Omambala occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Omanbala881/
Amambala881/
Haamambala781/
Amambale7513/
Amanbala757/
Omombola751/
Ammembala711/
Osmanbayli674/
Emombola631/
Amambole631/
Usmanballe567/
Osmanbeyli562/
Amamwolo501/

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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 Omambala
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