Ombua Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Ombua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ombua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ombua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ombua is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ombua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Ombua occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Ombua are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 67 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 2,307,674. In Cameroon Ombua is most common in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hombua | 91 | 4 | / |
| Ombuah | 91 | 2 | / |
| Oumbua | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ambua | 80 | 1,323 | / |
| Embua | 80 | 227 | / |
| Ombwa | 80 | 64 | / |
| Onbua | 80 | 41 | / |
| Ombuo | 80 | 6 | / |
| Umbua | 80 | 6 | / |
| Omvua | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ombba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ambuat | 73 | 203 | / |
| Ambuas | 73 | 35 | / |
| Gambua | 73 | 34 | / |
| Embuay | 73 | 15 | / |
| Hambua | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ombuho | 73 | 10 | / |
| Umbuat | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gumbua | 73 | 2 | / |
| Onbuay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Umbuas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oonbua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aumbua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ombuoe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ambouha | 67 | 115 | / |
| Gambuay | 67 | 46 | / |
| Gambhua | 67 | 5 | / |
| Omphuat | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hombwea | 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
- 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 Ombua
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