Ovembe Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Congo

Ovembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ovembe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

Ovembe Last Name Facts

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

Ovembe is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ovembe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Ovembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ovembe reside; 100 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Ovembe is primarily found in: South Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The Congo, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obembe834,281/
Ovambe83586/
Avembe83190/
Evembe8359/
Owembe832/
Ovemba831/
Ompembe7721/
Avembeh7710/
Obembie778/
Obembei775/
Avember774/
Avenmbe771/
Aviembe771/
Ewombe67617/
Ewembe67107/
Ewambe6791/
Avambe6748/
Abembe6735/
Evambe6730/
Owambe676/
Obimbe675/
Avenbe674/
Obembi674/
Obemba674/
Owembi673/
Owemby672/
Awembe672/
Avemba671/
Awombe671/
Avembi671/
Ewimbe671/
Obembé671/
Obemue671/
Ovenby670/

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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 Ovembe
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