Ombe Surname
Approximately 3,017 people bear this surname
Ombe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,207 | 1:17,207 | 2,360 |
| Nigeria | 690 | 1:256,729 | 14,780 |
| DR Congo | 301 | 1:245,447 | 23,516 |
| Philippines | 251 | 1:403,340 | 51,517 |
| Papua New Guinea | 227 | 1:35,919 | 4,288 |
| Indonesia | 134 | 1:986,934 | 72,456 |
| Congo | 88 | 1:56,694 | 5,065 |
| Kenya | 33 | 1:1,399,391 | 35,649 |
| Mozambique | 25 | 1:1,090,463 | 1,880 |
| South Africa | 18 | 1:3,009,872 | 112,058 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Ombé (1) are calculated separately.
Ombe (352) may also be a first name.
Ombe Demographics
Ombe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ombe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ombe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ombe (Marathi: ोंबे) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Ombé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ombe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ombe is the 146,845th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,415,494 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Ombe are found; 53 percent are found in Central Africa and 52 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ombe is also the 464,438th most common first name internationally, borne by 352 people.
Ombe is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,207 people, or 1 in 17,207. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 87 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 7 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon Ombe exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
Ombe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Ombe surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Ombe earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.06% more than the national average, earning R 318,588 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ombe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ombe in the Marathi language | ||
| ोंबे | ombe | - |
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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 Ombe
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