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) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also be found as: Âmbah. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 342,798th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 6,810,791 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Ambah live; 53 percent live in Central Africa and 49 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 404,611th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 448 people.
The last name Ambah is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 570 people, or 1 in 36,437. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 65 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 12 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 8 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found and Malaysia, where 13 percent are found.
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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