Orbam Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orbam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orbam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2501:708,57132,605
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Orbam (60) may also be a first name.

Orbam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orbam is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orbam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Orbam is the 1,006,539th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Orbam reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently held given name globally It is held by 60 people.

It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 250 people, or 1 in 708,571. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 96 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 3 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orbaum9150/
Orbaam911/
Gorbam911/
Orbamk911/
Oerbaim831/
Gorbaum831/
Gorbham831/
Orban8022,737/
Urbam8061/
Orwam8047/
Orbom8021/
Oruam809/
Orvam804/
Arbam804/
Horban7311,541/
Gorban739,338/
Orbang73264/
Garbam73169/
Oruame73119/
Orbant73109/
Orband7380/
Orbann7374/
Orbane7360/
Arbaim7352/
Ohrbom7326/
Horbań7319/
Orbahn7315/
Gurbam7314/
Orbank7313/
Orbaan737/
Orbain737/
Orwuam736/
Ourban735/
Harbam734/
Orbome734/
Hurbam732/
Șorban731/
Urbaum731/
Gorbań731/
Gorwam731/
Erbaum731/
Orbean731/
Aurbam731/
Urbaim731/
Herbam730/
Garbham67264/
Harbaum67260/
Horbane67220/
Horbank6752/
Harbham6749/
Gorbahn6745/
Herbaum6744/
Ohrband6731/
Horbant6727/
Oruamhe6710/
Garbaam676/
Arbaham675/
Gorbain674/
Horbain674/
Ourbane673/
Orimpam673/
Orbanne672/
Otrbajn672/
Hoorban672/
Garbaim671/
Arbaaim671/
Aerbaim671/
Gorboum671/
Orbaine671/
D'Orban671/
Gourvam671/
Horband671/
Hourban670/
Horrban670/
Horbgan670/
Gurbham670/

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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 Orbam
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