Opimba Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Congo
Highest density in:
Congo

Opimba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opimba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Congo1541:32,3973,220
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Canada21:18,422,796409,488

Opimba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Opimba Come From? nationality or country of origin

Opimba occurs more in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Opimba.

How Common Is The Last Name Opimba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,374,607th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The surname Opimba occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Opimba are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Opimba is most widely held in The Congo, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 32,397. In The Congo it is most frequent in: Brazzaville Department, where 90 percent live, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 5 percent live and Pointe-Noire Department, where 3 percent live. Excluding The Congo this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opimbat9216/
Apimba833,153/
Epimba83179/
Opemba839/
Opumba834/
Opimbi832/
Opimbe831/
Apimbai771/
Apiemba771/
Apmba731/
Ophembat711/
Opembe67408/
Apemba67154/
Epumba6749/
Epemba6731/
Apumba6727/
Apimbi674/
Apimbo673/
Gopmbo672/
Opinwa672/
Epmbai672/
Opembi671/

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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 Opimba
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