Ambato Surname

401,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 874 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Ambato Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ambato Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador4631:34,3543,962
Philippines3961:255,65238,046
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
France11:66,422,722504,397
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420

Ambato (31) may also be a first name.

Ambato Last Name Facts

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

Ambato has its highest incidence in Ecuador. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ambato? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 401,796th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 8,338,153 people. The last name Ambato occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Ambato live; 53 percent live in South America and 53 percent live in Andean South America. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held forename throughout the world It is held by 31 people.

The last name Ambato is most widely held in Ecuador, where it is borne by 463 people, or 1 in 34,354. In Ecuador Ambato is mostly concentrated in: Pichincha Province, where 47 percent reside, Cotopaxi Province, where 37 percent reside and Tungurahua Province, where 8 percent reside. Besides Ecuador it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 45 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ambatou926/
Ambatos922/
Gambatto86239/
Gambatho861/
Ambata831,896/
Amboto83199/
Ombato8368/
Ambatouss801/
Ambasta77909/
Hambata77542/
Ambatta77223/
Ambotuo77198/
Ambatha7717/
Ambotop7710/
Gambata777/
Ambotos775/
Ambotoo773/
Gamboto772/
Ambaita771/
Ambaata771/
Ambatat771/
Ambastha711,042/
Ambashta71985/
Gambotto71385/
Amboutou7194/
Houmbato7165/
Gombatto7120/
Gambouto717/
Aambasta716/
Aambatta713/
Ambhasta712/
Ammbasta712/
Oumbatou711/
Hambouto711/
Ambhatat711/
Ambattha711/
Omboto67702/
Ambashtha67697/
Ombata67251/
Ambota67204/
Ambasthha675/
Ambasshta671/
Houmbatou671/
Ambhastha671/
Ambaththa671/

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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 Ambato
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