Otombo Surname

978,274th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 264 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Otombo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Otombo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1781:415,05434,837
Kenya741:624,05328,587
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814

Otombo (27) may also be a first name.

Otombo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Otombo occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Otombo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 978,274th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Otombo are found; 72 percent are found in Central Africa and 72 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Otombo is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used forename in the world, held by 27 people.

Otombo is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Besides The DR Congo this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 28 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otoumbo922/
Otoumbho861/
Etombo831,864/
Atombo83465/
Otambo83374/
Otomba83255/
Otembo83183/
Otumbo8311/
Utombo833/
Otomwo832/
Otonbo831/
Etoumbo7754/
Otoomba7721/
Athombo776/
Atomboh775/
Gatombo773/
Otoumba772/
Othembo772/
Atoumbo771/
Gotambo771/
Gotonbo771/
Otambou771/
Othambo771/
O'Stumbo711/
Gatoumbo711/
Etoumboh711/
Etoumbou711/
Atambo671,588/
Otumba67643/
Otamba67545/
Otemba67509/
Etomba67446/
Atomba67196/
Atembo67195/
Etambo6740/
Etembo6734/
Otonba678/
Otunbo675/
Atomuo673/
Atumbo673/
Atonbo673/
Utomba672/
Attoumbou672/
Utumbo671/
Etonbo671/

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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 Otombo
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