Orimbo Surname

910,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 292 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Orimbo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orimbo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2891:159,79212,556
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Orimbo (124) may also be a first name.

Orimbo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orimbo is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orimbo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 910,497th most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 24,957,349 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Orimbo are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Orimbo is also the 836,439th most numerous first name on earth, held by 124 people.

The last name Orimbo is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 159,792. In Kenya Orimbo is most frequent in: Kisumu County, where 75 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 18 percent live and Migori County, where 3 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent live and Sudan, where 0 percent live.

Orimbo Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gorimbo92322/
Orzimbo923/
Orimba831,158/
Orembo83249/
Orimuo8361/
Urimbo8360/
Arimbo8316/
Orumbo835/
Erimbo831/
Ariembo7720/
Hurimbo7710/
Garimbo772/
Orimbah771/
Oremboh771/
Orumboi771/
Ornbo7313/
Ormba734/
Armbo731/
Urembo671,091/
Arimba67210/
Arumbo67107/
Orumba6748/
Oremba6726/
Arembo6726/
Garmbo6717/
Hornbo6711/
Arinbo6710/
Erimba679/
Armboy678/
Erumbo674/
Erembo672/
Orinwo671/
Oyrnbo671/
Armbho671/
Gormba671/
Ourmba671/
Ornbod671/
Arimbooth671/

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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 Orimbo
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