Ambamba Surname

953,750th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 274 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Congo

Ambamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ambamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1141:182,18519,170
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Congo691:72,3066,384
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Ambamba (30) may also be a first name.

Ambamba Last Name Facts

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

Ambamba is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ambamba? popularity and diffusion

Ambamba is the 953,750th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ambamba reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ambamba is also the 1,911,214th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 30 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 182,185. In Cameroon Ambamba is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 80 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 18 percent are found and South Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Ambamba is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent are found and The Congo, where 25 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Ambamba
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