Ossombe Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Congo

Ossombe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ossombe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon961:216,34421,934
Congo551:90,7117,856

Ossombe Last Name Facts

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

Ossombe is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ossombe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ossombe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ossombe is the 1,428,594th most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. Ossombe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ossombe reside; 100 percent reside in Central Africa and 73 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 216,344. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: South Region, where 73 percent live, Centre Region, where 25 percent live and Littoral Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The Congo, where 36 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ossombey934/
Osombe92106/
Essombe861,831/
Ossomba86613/
Ossombi86272/
Assombe8687/
Ossembe8610/
Ossomby862/
Otsombe861/
Ossoumbi8077/
Gassombe8054/
Ossoumba8028/
Essombey8023/
Assombie8015/
Essoumbe809/
Assoumbe805/
Hossomba801/
Osomba771,854/
Osembe771,052/
Esombe77900/
Asombe77131/
Osumbe7722/
Osombi777/
Osomue774/
Osambe771/
Usombe771/
Assoumbie7566/
Gassoumbe7514/
Gossombai7511/
Oussoumba751/
Osssoumbi751/
Assoumbei751/
Assembe711,987/
Essambe71130/
Essembe71123/
Ossamba7174/
Asombea7134/
Essombi7133/
Assambe7125/
Osomboi7122/
Hasombe718/
Oshomue717/
Assomba716/
Ossumba714/
Essombé713/
Essombè713/
Atsombe711/
Osombha711/
Esombie711/
Ochombe711/
Osoumbi711/
Osombyo711/
Osomboa711/
Ossambi711/
Otsumbe711/
Asomber711/
Gasombe711/
Gassambe673,323/
Otshumbe67157/
Ossounbi6732/
Essambeh6714/
Assoumba6710/
Asssembe672/
Gassonbe671/
Ousamnbe671/
Ussambie671/
Gosombai671/
Essembey671/
Essoumbi671/
Oussamba671/

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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 Ossombe
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