Osambo Surname

550,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Osambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4031:114,5909,735
DR Congo1711:432,04435,878
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Osambo (61) may also be a first name.

Osambo Last Name Facts

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

Osambo is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Osambo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Osambo is the 550,571st most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 12,564,734 people. The last name Osambo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Osambo live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most widespread forename world-wide It is held by 61 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 403 people, or 1 in 114,590. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kisumu County, where 47 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 32 percent live and Vihiga County, where 17 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Osambo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ossambo9248/
Oshambo924/
Osiambo921/
Ojambo838,048/
Esambo831,921/
Osombo83607/
Osembo83376/
Osamba83271/
Asambo83150/
Usambo83150/
Ocambo8393/
Ozambo831/
Osanbo831/
Asamboa77573/
Ossombo77497/
Assambo77273/
Osiembo77112/
Essambo77105/
Ossamba7774/
Ochambo7772/
Gasambo7748/
Esanmbo7733/
Ojjambo7722/
Osomboi7722/
Ojaimbo7717/
Asamboh7711/
Udsambo775/
Gosamba774/
Ojamboh773/
Osaamba771/
Asiambo771/
Asambgo771/
Ojamboo771/
Oisembo771/
Osomboa771/
Oshamba771/
Ashambo770/
Assamboa7152/
Osahamba7148/
Oichambo7134/
Otchambo7130/
Assamboi7127/
Assambou716/
Hassambo712/
Otsoumbo712/
Otsaumba711/
Oïchambo711/
Essamboh711/
Ashamboh711/
Ashambgo711/
Ossombou711/
Oussamba711/
Assambot711/
Ajambo6713,160/
Asamba671,937/
Osomba671,854/
Asembo671,829/
Azombo671,599/
Asombo671,343/
Esombo67705/
Esamba67608/
Usombo67148/
Ezombo67109/
Acombo67103/
Ojombo6780/
Osemba6770/
Usamba6763/
Ocanbo6759/
Esembo6756/
Azambo6735/
Ozamba6715/
Oitchambo6711/
Esanbo6711/
Acembo679/
Ozombo677/
Ossoumbou676/
Ajombo675/
Ojamba675/
Osomuo674/
Osanwo674/
Asamuo673/
Ezambo672/
Uzombo671/
Asanbo671/
Azembo671/
Asamwo671/
Osanba671/
Assambois671/
Osamua671/
Assanmboh671/
Otchammbo671/

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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 Osambo
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