Ambang Surname
Approximately 4,816 people bear this surname
Ambang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,452 | 1:8,470 | 1,099 |
| Philippines | 1,533 | 1:66,039 | 11,275 |
| Malaysia | 320 | 1:92,169 | 6,400 |
| Papua New Guinea | 250 | 1:32,615 | 3,803 |
| Nigeria | 141 | 1:1,256,332 | 50,205 |
| Indonesia | 106 | 1:1,247,634 | 87,669 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Ambang (1,520) may also be a first name.
Ambang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ambang is most common in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ambang is the 98,443rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,513,195 people. The last name Ambang is primarily found in Africa, where 54 percent of Ambang live; 51 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 199,124th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 1,520 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 2,452 people, or 1 in 8,470. In Cameroon Ambang is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 48 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 27 percent reside and Centre Region, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 32 percent reside and Malaysia, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Ambang
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