Osembo Surname
Approximately 376 people bear this surname
Osembo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 172 | 1:47,405 | 5,884 |
| Kenya | 123 | 1:375,446 | 21,575 |
| Uganda | 45 | 1:867,540 | 39,905 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Osembo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osembo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Osembo is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Osembo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Osembo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 760,012th most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Osembo live; 46 percent live in Oceania Islands and 46 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
Osembo is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 47,405. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Northern, where 52 percent reside, Milne Bay, where 28 percent reside and Morobe, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea Osembo is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 33 percent reside and Uganda, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Osembo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis