Ahambe Surname
Approximately 909 people bear this surname
Ahambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 907 | 1:195,306 | 11,761 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ahambe (117) may also be a first name.
Ahambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ahambe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahambe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 389,749th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 8,017,102 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahambe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 864,112th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 117 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 907 people, or 1 in 195,306. In Nigeria Ahambe is mostly found in: Benue, where 87 percent live, Taraba, where 3 percent live and Plateau, where 2 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and Niger, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ahambe
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