Ambamba Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Ambamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 114 | 1:182,185 | 19,170 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Congo | 69 | 1:72,306 | 6,384 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
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
The last name Ambamba has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambamba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 953,750th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ambamba live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly held forename on earth It is held by 30 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 182,185. In Cameroon Ambamba is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 80 percent live, Littoral Region, where 18 percent live and South Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Cameroon it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 30 percent live and The Congo, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hambamba | 93 | 259 | / |
| Gambamba | 93 | 43 | / |
| Ambambai | 93 | 29 | / |
| Aimbamba | 93 | 4 | / |
| Haambamba | 88 | 2 | / |
| Ambambi | 86 | 912 | / |
| Ambambe | 86 | 172 | / |
| Ombamba | 86 | 127 | / |
| Embamba | 86 | 71 | / |
| Ambomba | 86 | 47 | / |
| Ambambo | 86 | 21 | / |
| Ambemba | 86 | 4 | / |
| Hambahamba | 82 | 184 | / |
| Hambomba | 80 | 108 | / |
| Amboumba | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ambeambe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Hambambi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ambambou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ambaimbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hambambo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hachimbamba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Asembambi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hamboomba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Haanbamba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gambambou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ambombo | 71 | 971 | / |
| Ambombi | 71 | 283 | / |
| Ambombe | 71 | 39 | / |
| Embambo | 71 | 30 | / |
| Ambembo | 71 | 22 | / |
| Ombambi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ombambo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Amwamwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Haamboomba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gombamwa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Amboumbe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Amboumbé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ambembou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ambembeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hambombo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hambamve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amboumbi | 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 Ambamba
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