Ombunya Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Ombunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 54 | 1:855,183 | 32,488 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Ombunya Demographics
Ombunya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ombunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ombunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ombunya is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ombunya.
How Common Is The Last Name Ombunya? popularity and diffusion
Ombunya is the 2,580,327th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name Ombunya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ombunya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Ombunya is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 855,183. In Kenya Ombunya is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 91 percent live, Bungoma County, where 2 percent live and Kiambu County, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent live.
Ombunya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ombunya last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambunya | 86 | 2,054 | / |
| Ombonya | 86 | 873 | / |
| Onbunya | 86 | 7 | / |
| Ambunyah | 80 | 49 | / |
| Hombunha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Omuhonya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ombonyo | 71 | 465 | / |
| Omwonya | 71 | 175 | / |
| Ambonya | 71 | 83 | / |
| Umbugna | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ambunia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ambunja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Umbunyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omvunia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ambungea | 67 | 34 | / |
| Ombougno | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hambunja | 67 | 4 | / |
| Onboonya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omuhonjia | 63 | 5 | / |
| Hambuinja | 63 | 1 | / |
| Awonya | 62 | 11 | / |
| Awunya | 62 | 4 | / |
| Onwunnayia | 59 | 1 | / |
| Amwonya | 57 | 201 | / |
| Ambonia | 57 | 21 | / |
| Omwonyo | 57 | 12 | / |
| Omwonja | 57 | 6 | / |
| Ambonyo | 57 | 3 | / |
| Onwonya | 57 | 2 | / |
| Omwonjia | 53 | 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 Ombunya
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