Otomba Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Congo
Highest density in:
Congo

Otomba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otomba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Congo1341:37,2323,554
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Otomba (149) may also be a first name.

Otomba Last Name Facts

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

Otomba occurs more in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Otomba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,001,271st most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 28,578,611 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Otomba live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 754,880th most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 149 people.

The surname Otomba is most common in The Congo, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 37,232. In The Congo it is mostly concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 93 percent reside, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 7 percent reside and Cuvette Department, where 1 percent reside. Beside The Congo this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 43 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otoomba9221/
Otoumba922/
Otumba83643/
Otamba83545/
Otemba83509/
Etomba83446/
Otombo83264/
Atomba83196/
Otombi8328/
Otonba838/
Otombe833/
Utomba832/
Atoumba7784/
Othumba7727/
Etoumba775/
Atombay774/
Otonbga773/
Otoumbo772/
Gatomba772/
Gotumba772/
Otumbea771/
Hatomba771/
Ottemba771/
Otonbay771/
Othemba771/
Gotamba771/
Ethomba771/
Atombai771/
Atombea771/
Atoomba771/
Atomnba771/
Otunmba771/
Outamba771/
Otoumbi771/
Atosimba7121/
Hostombe7113/
Otgonbaa712/
Outoumbe711/
Otoumbho711/
Otambaya711/
Autoimba711/
Osthumba711/
Goutamba711/
Atamba672,714/
Atemba672,238/
Etombo671,864/
Otunba671,646/
Atumba67875/
Etamba67474/
Atombo67465/
Otambo67374/
Otembo67183/
Atombi6779/
Utamba6767/
Etemba6765/
Utumba6762/
Otumbe6738/
Atombe6735/
Otambe6719/
Otumbo6711/
Otonwa676/
Gottambai675/
Otonbe674/
Utombo673/
Otomwo672/
Otambi671/
Utomva671/
Otonbo671/
Utombe671/
Otamwa671/
Otumbi671/

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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 Otomba
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