Ombel Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ombel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ombel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
France21:33,211,361423,184
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Ombel (18) may also be a first name.

Ombel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ombel is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ombel? popularity and diffusion

Ombel is the 3,730,171st most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Ombel live; 61 percent live in Central Africa and 61 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ombel is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 18 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon Ombel is most common in: Northwest Region, where 80 percent live, Southwest Region, where 13 percent live and Centre Region, where 7 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 25 percent live and The Congo, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gombel91118/
Hombel9145/
Ombael9113/
Oumbel911/
Ombelle8385/
Hombeul839/
Goumbel835/
Hombelt831/
Hombell831/
Ambel80906/
Umbel80550/
Embel80413/
Omble80133/
Omwel802/
Ombil802/
Onbel801/
Gombl801/
Hombelle775/
Humbel731,445/
Gumbel73999/
Gambel73771/
Hambel73677/
Ambiel73642/
Hembel73206/
Homble73125/
Ambuel7345/
Ambell7337/
Gombil7337/
Amboel7317/
Ambeel7310/
Gonbel735/
Umbell732/
Embell731/
Ambeul731/
Hoimbehel715/
Gambell67963/
Ambuehl67745/
Ambiehl67466/
Homhuel6747/
Hambell6738/
Ambelle6715/
Embl679/
Asembel679/
Ambl675/
Hambelt674/
Umbelle672/
Gumbell672/
Ambeuhl672/
Umbl671/
Humbell671/
Hummbel671/
Honnbel671/
Amboehl671/
Homwell671/
Gombill670/
Hembell670/

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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 Ombel
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