Ombua Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ombua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ombua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon91:2,307,674112,590
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hombua914/
Ombuah912/
Oumbua911/
Ambua801,323/
Embua80227/
Ombwa8064/
Onbua8041/
Ombuo806/
Umbua806/
Omvua804/
Ombba801/
Ambuat73203/
Ambuas7335/
Gambua7334/
Embuay7315/
Hambua7312/
Ombuho7310/
Umbuat732/
Gumbua732/
Onbuay731/
Umbuas731/
Oonbua731/
Aumbua731/
Ombuoe731/
Ambouha67115/
Gambuay6746/
Gambhua675/
Omphuat674/
Hombwea671/

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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 Ombua
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