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 found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ambang is the 98,443rd most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,513,195 people. The surname Ambang is mostly 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 numerous forename worldwide, borne by 1,520 people.
Ambang is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,452 people, or 1 in 8,470. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Southwest Region, where 48 percent live, Northwest Region, where 27 percent live and Centre Region, where 12 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 32 percent live and Malaysia, where 7 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 Ambang
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