Oyemba Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Oyemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 128 | 1:360,780 | 21,015 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Oyemba (58) may also be a first name.
Oyemba Demographics
Oyemba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oyemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyemba occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyemba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,295,379th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name Oyemba is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Oyemba reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 58 people.
Oyemba is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 360,780. In Kenya Oyemba is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 86 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 7 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 3 percent are found. Barring Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Oyemba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Oyemba surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Oyemba
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