Ambay Surname
Approximately 2,944 people bear this surname
Ambay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 2,728 | 1:37,111 | 5,708 |
| Indonesia | 56 | 1:2,361,593 | 141,864 |
| Israel | 42 | 1:203,753 | 19,703 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Ambay (2,298) may also be a first name.
Ambay Demographics
Average Ambay Salary in
United States
$36,208 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ambay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ambay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺒﻲ, Hindi: अम्बे, Marathi: अंबाय, Oriya: ଆାୟ) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 149,952nd most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,475,389 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Ambay reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 84 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Ambay is also the 155,511th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 2,298 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 2,728 people, or 1 in 37,111. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Western Visayas, where 28 percent are found, Calabarzon, where 14 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 12 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines it is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found and Israel, where 1 percent are found.
Ambay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ambay last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ambay earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.09% less than the national average, earning $36,208 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.6% less than the national average, earning $35,474 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ambay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ambay in the Hindi language | ||
| अम्बे | ambe | - |
| Ambay in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆାୟ | aaya | 94.44 |
| ଅୟ | aya | 5.56 |
| Ambay in the Marathi language | ||
| अंबाय | ambaya | 53.85 |
| आंबाय | ambaya | 38.46 |
| अंबाराम | ambarama | 3.85 |
| अंबय | ambaya | 3.85 |
| Ambay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺒﻲ | amby | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻱ | ambay | 33.33 |
| ﺁﻣﺒﻲ | amby | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Ambay
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