Roamba Surname

40,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,842 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Roamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Roamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso12,5991:1,457216
Ivory Coast1481:155,8877,212
Romania841:239,02222,817
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Roambă (50) are calculated separately.

Roamba (28) may also be a first name.

Roamba Last Name Facts

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

Roamba is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Roambă. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Roamba? popularity and diffusion

Roamba is the 40,779th most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 567,477 people. The last name Roamba is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Roamba are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 28 people.

The last name is most widely held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 12,599 people, or 1 in 1,457. In Burkina Faso Roamba is most numerous in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 38 percent are found, Centre Region, where 22 percent are found and Plateau-Central Region, where 12 percent are found. Other than Burkina Faso this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and Romania, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roambă9450/
Rouamba9235,190/
Ruoamba923/
Roambay921/
Roanmba921/
Rohamba921/
Roaumba921/
Rrouamba861/
Raomba8310/
Roanba831/
Rouanba7736/
Rahomba777/
Rauamba771/
Rhaombay711/
Rohombaya672/
Rohanbhai671/
Roaitenbat636/
Raoumbe6210/

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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 Roamba
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