Omesa Surname
Approximately 797 people bear this surname
Omesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 534 | 1:86,479 | 7,859 |
| Nigeria | 132 | 1:1,341,991 | 52,761 |
| Papua New Guinea | 111 | 1:73,457 | 9,617 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Omesa (1,001) may also be a first name.
Omesa Demographics
Omesa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Omesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omesa is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omesa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 431,914th most prevalent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 9,143,721 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Omesa are found; 68 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 254,333rd most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 1,001 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 534 people, or 1 in 86,479. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nyamira County, where 80 percent reside, Kisii County, where 16 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 2 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside.
Omesa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Omesa
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