Amaboua Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Amaboua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Amaboua Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon401:519,22741,500
Chad41:3,398,0507,703

Amaboua (2,332) may also be a first name.

Amaboua Last Name Facts

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

Amaboua is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Amaboua.

How Common Is The Last Name Amaboua? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,944,094th most frequent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname Amaboua is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amaboua live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Chadic Africa. Amaboua is also the 154,059th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 2,332 people.

This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 519,227. In Cameroon Amaboua is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Chad, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ammaboua9318/
Hamaboua931/
Amaboa924/
Gamaboa863/
Amoboua861/
Ammaboa861/
Hamaboa861/
Amaboha861/
Amabao771,172/
Amawoa771/
Gamoboa716/
Amabaye713/
Amaboye712/
Ameabae711/
Gamabao711/
Hamabae711/
Amabowei6710/
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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 Amaboua
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