Ambah Surname
Approximately 1,070 people bear this surname
Ambah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 570 | 1:36,437 | 4,904 |
| Nigeria | 271 | 1:653,663 | 30,600 |
| Malaysia | 137 | 1:215,286 | 12,518 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Âmbah (1) are calculated separately.
Ambah (448) may also be a first name.
Ambah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ambah (Marathi: बाह) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Âmbah. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ambah is the 342,798th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 6,810,791 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Ambah reside; 53 percent reside in Central Africa and 49 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 404,611th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 448 people.
Ambah is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 570 people, or 1 in 36,437. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 65 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 12 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon Ambah is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside and Malaysia, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ambah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ambah in the Marathi language | ||
| बाह | baha | - |
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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 Ambah
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