Ambaya Surname
Approximately 3,581 people bear this surname
Ambaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,730 | 1:27,062 | 3,394 |
| Nigeria | 678 | 1:261,273 | 14,990 |
| Kenya | 59 | 1:782,710 | 31,540 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Ambaya (886) may also be a first name.
Ambaya Demographics
Ambaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ambaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ambaya (Hindi: अम्बया, Marathi: अंबया, Oriya: ଆାୟା) is found most in The DR Congo. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 126,811th most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,035,059 people. The last name Ambaya occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ambaya are found; 76 percent are found in Central Africa and 76 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ambaya is also the 273,104th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 886 people.
The last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 2,730 people, or 1 in 27,062. Other than The DR Congo this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
Ambaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ambaya last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Ambaya earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.72% less than the national average, earning $29,464 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ambaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ambaya in the Hindi language | ||
| अम्बया | ambaya | 92.86 |
| अम्बाया | ambaya | 7.14 |
| Ambaya in the Marathi language | ||
| अंबया | ambaya | 88.89 |
| आंबया | ambaya | 11.11 |
| Ambaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆାୟା | aaya | 50 |
| ଆାୟ | aaya | 50 |
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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 Ambaya
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