Oyambo Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Oyambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Oyambo (75) may also be a first name.
Oyambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyambo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Oyambo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyambo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,555,468th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyambo are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyambo is also the 1,116,575th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 75 people.
The last name Oyambo is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria Oyambo is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 98 percent reside and Rivers, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Oyambo
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