Ahemba Surname
Approximately 1,419 people bear this surname
Ahemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,367 | 1:129,585 | 8,449 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
Ahemba (231) may also be a first name.
Ahemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ahemba occurs most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ahemba.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahemba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 273,923rd most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 5,135,691 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahemba are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ahemba is also the 590,311th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 231 people.
Ahemba is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,367 people, or 1 in 129,585. In Nigeria Ahemba is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 94 percent live, Nasarawa, where 1 percent live and Kaduna, where 1 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahemboa | 92 | 62 | / |
| Aheamba | 92 | 4 | / |
| Aemba | 91 | 114 | / |
| Gaahemba | 86 | 6 | / |
| Ehemba | 83 | 374 | / |
| Ohemba | 83 | 373 | / |
| Gaemba | 83 | 21 | / |
| Ahimba | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ahembo | 83 | 6 | / |
| Heumba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Haemba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Aembga | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hoemba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ayiemba | 77 | 905 | / |
| Gaembai | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gahimba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Aeuimba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Haembai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aembo | 73 | 52 | / |
| Eumba | 73 | 50 | / |
| Oemba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hajjemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Haembach | 71 | 0 | / |
| Haembo | 67 | 133 | / |
| Ehimba | 67 | 21 | / |
| Aoimba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ahimbo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Heumbo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ohimba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aiyembo | 62 | 36 | / |
| Ayiembo | 62 | 10 | / |
| Houimba | 62 | 3 | / |
| Oyiemba | 62 | 2 | / |
| Aeymbod | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ohiomba | 62 | 1 | / |
| Eyiemba | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ayiembop | 57 | 1 | / |
| Eumbo | 55 | 1 | / |
| Haembouts | 53 | 1 | / |
| Ouimba | 50 | 4 | / |
| Goembo | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Ahemba
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