Orembe Surname

466,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 722 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Orembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya6141:75,2127,020
Tanzania1011:524,17434,222
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Orembe (45) may also be a first name.

Orembe Last Name Facts

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

Orembe occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Orembe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orembe? popularity and diffusion

Orembe is the 466,165th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,093,554 people. The surname Orembe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Orembe live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Orembe is also the 1,504,468th most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 45 people.

Orembe is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 614 people, or 1 in 75,212. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 46 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 20 percent are found and Busia County, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Orembe occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 14 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Orembe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Orembe surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orhembe92184/
Orember926/
Oriembe921/
Orgembe921/
Horembe921/
Horiembe8643/
Orhember864/
Ouriembe861/
Orimbe8363/
Orambe8339/
Oremba8326/
Arembe8313/
Orembi838/
Orombe837/
Hormbe835/
Erembe833/
Gormbe831/
Ormbey831/
Horambe771,034/
Orhemba77511/
Horombe7715/
Orhambe777/
Orymbet773/
Harembe771/
Oriembi771/
Arembei771/
Arember771/
Orenber771/
Orambhe771/
Ormbest770/
Gormbey770/
Orombie770/
Ormba734/
Armbe732/
Ormby730/
Oirhemba714/
Horambhe711/
Horambee711/
Orombi672,436/
Orimba671,158/
Arambe67326/
Erimbe67122/
Aremba6740/
Erambe6720/
Arombe6719/
Hormby6714/
Arimbe6712/
Oromby675/
Horenberh674/
Urembi672/
Orimbi672/
Arembi672/
Orambi671/
Ourmba671/
Urimbe671/
Uremba671/
Ormbys671/
Harmbe671/
Gurmbe671/
Erombe671/
Hornbe671/
Ornbey670/
Ourmby670/
Orenby670/
Gormby670/

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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 Orembe
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