Ombede Surname
Approximately 679 people bear this surname
Ombede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 654 | 1:31,757 | 4,284 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Ombédé (1) are calculated separately.
Ombede (100) may also be a first name.
Ombede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ombede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ombede occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Ombédé. Click here for further potential spellings of Ombede.
How Common Is The Last Name Ombede? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 488,458th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 10,732,763 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ombede live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 946,056th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 100 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 654 people, or 1 in 31,757. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 92 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 5 percent are found and East Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ombédé | 89 | 1 | / |
| Houmbede | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ambede | 83 | 298 | / |
| Ombedi | 83 | 60 | / |
| Omuede | 83 | 12 | / |
| Ombade | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ombode | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ombeda | 83 | 1 | / |
| Embede | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aambede | 77 | 823 | / |
| Embiede | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ambedie | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ombedha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ombidez | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ombedda | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onbedje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Houmbode | 71 | 5 | / |
| Embeidie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gounbede | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ambade | 67 | 8,412 | / |
| Ambode | 67 | 456 | / |
| Umbedi | 67 | 392 | / |
| Ombodi | 67 | 227 | / |
| Ambeda | 67 | 147 | / |
| Ombidi | 67 | 124 | / |
| Ombody | 67 | 67 | / |
| Embade | 67 | 53 | / |
| Ambedi | 67 | 52 | / |
| Omuedi | 67 | 52 | / |
| Ambide | 67 | 48 | / |
| Ombadi | 67 | 40 | / |
| Omueda | 67 | 32 | / |
| Embide | 67 | 18 | / |
| Umbide | 67 | 9 | / |
| Onwede | 67 | 7 | / |
| Onuede | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onbade | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ombady | 67 | 1 | / |
| Umbeda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Embedi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omwedi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ombede
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