Amballam Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Amballam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 105 | 1:182,781 | 6,371 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
Amballam (365) may also be a first name.
Amballam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amballam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amballam has its highest incidence in Niger. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Amballam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,718,748th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name Amballam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amballam are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Amballam is also the 455,540th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 365 people.
Amballam is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 182,781. In Niger Amballam is primarily concentrated in: Diffa Region, where 90 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 9 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Niger this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amballame | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ambalam | 93 | 1,068 | / |
| Amballan | 88 | 14 | / |
| Hambalam | 88 | 8 | / |
| Aumbalam | 88 | 3 | / |
| Ambalame | 88 | 2 | / |
| Aambalam | 88 | 2 | / |
| Ambalgam | 88 | 1 | / |
| Amballang | 82 | 2 | / |
| Ambalamne | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ambalan | 80 | 232 | / |
| Ambalom | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ambolam | 80 | 4 | / |
| Anbalam | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gambalan | 75 | 1,779 | / |
| Ambalgan | 75 | 851 | / |
| Ambalang | 75 | 36 | / |
| Hambalan | 75 | 9 | / |
| Anbalgam | 75 | 8 | / |
| Ambalian | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ambalann | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aambalan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hambalian | 71 | 22 | / |
| Ambalaten | 71 | 9 | / |
| Ambalahan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ambalatin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anbalaham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ambaliang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ambalon | 67 | 32 | / |
| Anbalan | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ambolan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hatembalan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Anbelam | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ambolom | 67 | 3 | / |
| Goumballan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ombalan | 67 | 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 Amballam
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis