Ombala Surname
Approximately 1,678 people bear this surname
Ombala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,068 | 1:19,447 | 2,652 |
| Congo | 301 | 1:16,575 | 2,022 |
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| Indonesia | 83 | 1:1,593,364 | 105,506 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ombala (237) may also be a first name.
Ombala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ombala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ombala (Hindi: ओमबाला, Marathi: ओमबाला) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ombala click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ombala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ombala is the 238,807th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,342,995 people. The surname Ombala occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ombala live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ombala is also the 581,650th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 237 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,068 people, or 1 in 19,447. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 87 percent live, Littoral Region, where 8 percent live and South Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 18 percent live and The DR Congo, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ombala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ombala in the Hindi language | ||
| ओमबाला | omabala | 93.18 |
| ओमवाला | omavala | 4.55 |
| ओमबला | omabala | 2.27 |
| Ombala in the Marathi language | ||
| ओमबाला | omabala | 50 |
| ओंबला | ombala | 50 |
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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 Ombala
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