Ombele Surname
Approximately 1,543 people bear this surname
Ombele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,127 | 1:34,640 | 4,581 |
| Congo | 195 | 1:25,585 | 2,766 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ombele (31) may also be a first name.
Ombele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ombele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ombele occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ombele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 255,670th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,722,972 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ombele live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ombele is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 31 people.
The last name Ombele is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,127 people, or 1 in 34,640. In Uganda Ombele is most common in: Yumbe District, where 90 percent live, Arua District, where 4 percent live and Koboko District, where 3 percent live. Other than Uganda this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 13 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ombele
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