Ouambe Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Ouambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ouambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ouambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ouambe is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ouambe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ouambe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ouambe is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ouambe reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon Ouambe is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 74 percent reside, West Region, where 9 percent reside and East Region, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gouambe | 92 | 13 | / |
| Ouaimbe | 92 | 4 | / |
| Houambe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Ouambie | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ouaîmbe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ouamba | 83 | 2,235 | / |
| Ohambe | 83 | 809 | / |
| Uhambe | 83 | 577 | / |
| Ouambi | 83 | 15 | / |
| Ouanbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Goambe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aoumbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Auambe | 83 | 0 | / |
| Uhambee | 77 | 20 | / |
| Ahoumbe | 77 | 16 | / |
| Houambi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Houamba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ouainbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ouambio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hoamber | 77 | 0 | / |
| Aombe | 73 | 28 | / |
| Oanbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oambi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oamba | 73 | 0 | / |
| Uhambeer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oyombe | 67 | 630 | / |
| Eyombe | 67 | 124 | / |
| Ayombe | 67 | 55 | / |
| Ohambi | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ohombe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Uhanbe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hoamba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ahombe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ouanbi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ajombe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Goamue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ohamwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aombea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goanbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojombe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohanbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aombey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoamby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouanba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouomba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ujombe | 67 | 1 | / |
| A'Ombe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- 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 Ouambe
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