Ambe Surname
Approximately 18,552 people bear this surname
Ambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10,155 | 1:2,045 | 203 |
| Philippines | 2,568 | 1:39,423 | 6,157 |
| India | 1,276 | 1:601,148 | 28,973 |
| Nigeria | 1,187 | 1:149,236 | 9,480 |
| Indonesia | 1,162 | 1:113,812 | 11,571 |
| Ivory Coast | 856 | 1:26,952 | 1,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 458 | 1:17,803 | 1,788 |
| United States | 207 | 1:1,751,009 | 115,476 |
| Brazil | 152 | 1:1,408,384 | 47,527 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Japan | 88 | 1:1,452,776 | 24,051 |
| Mexico | 74 | 1:1,677,381 | 17,205 |
| Kenya | 60 | 1:769,665 | 31,365 |
| Benin | 27 | 1:382,800 | 28,543 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Paraguay | 9 | 1:804,083 | 8,568 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Ambé (4) are calculated separately.
Ambe (4,372) may also be a first name.
Ambe Demographics
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Ambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ambe (Hindi: अम्बे, Marathi: आंबे, Oriya: ଆେ, Russian: Амбе) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Ambé. For other potential spellings of Ambe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 28,947th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 392,817 people. Ambe is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Ambe are found; 55 percent are found in Central Africa and 54 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ambe is also the 104,417th most frequently used forename globally It is held by 4,372 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 10,155 people, or 1 in 2,045. In Cameroon Ambe is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 55 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 27 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 53 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 14 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
Ambe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ambe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ambe last name rose 5,175 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ambe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ambe surname are 42.6% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.83% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ambe earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 42.53% less than the national average, earning 198,875 kr per year; in United States they earn 0.14% less than the national average, earning $43,089 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.96% less than the national average, earning $39,268 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ambe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ambe in the Hindi language | ||
| अम्बे | ambe | 97.72 |
| आम्बे | ambe | 0.85 |
| अमबे | amabe | 0.43 |
| अंबे | ambe | 0.43 |
| आंबे | ambe | 0.43 |
| अम्बी | ambi | 0.14 |
| Ambe in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆେ | ae | 88.89 |
| ଅେ | ae | 10.22 |
| ଆଂେବ | ameba | 0.89 |
| Ambe in the Marathi language | ||
| आंबे | ambe | 80.4 |
| अंबे | ambe | 19.01 |
| तांबे | tambe | 0.4 |
| जांबे | jambe | 0.1 |
| आंबोे | amboe | 0.1 |
| Ambe in the Russian language | ||
| Амбе | ambe | - |
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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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- 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 Ambe
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