Ambain Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Ambain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ambain (64) may also be a first name.
Ambain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ambain occurs most in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambain? popularity and diffusion
Ambain is the 2,979,664th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Ambain is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Ambain reside; 51 percent reside in Central Africa and 51 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ambain is also the 1,223,525th most frequently used forename globally, borne by 64 people.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon Ambain is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 91 percent live and Southwest Region, where 9 percent live. Besides Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 44 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 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 Ambain
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