Ambec Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Ambec Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ambec Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France921:721,98690,334
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Ambec Last Name Facts

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

Ambec is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ambec? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,931,261st most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname Ambec is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ambec live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Ambec is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 721,986. In France Ambec is most frequent in: Occitanie, where 91 percent live, Île-de-France, where 8 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 1 percent live. Besides France it is found in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ambeck9196/
Ambech9129/
Gambec915/
Hambeck83157/
Ambeche8351/
Gambeck8333/
Ambetch831/
Ambes80189/
Ambek80104/
Ambeg8053/
Ambic8010/
Ambej808/
Ambez805/
Ambeq801/
Ambex801/
Ambeache777/
Ambike731,705/
Ambeke73582/
Ambaic73376/
Ambesh73368/
Hambek73196/
Ombech73145/
Ombeck7380/
Ambeis7366/
Hambic7324/
Aimbek7323/
Ombecq7317/
Anbech7313/
Aimbez7313/
Ambeez739/
Ambegh734/
Ambiek734/
Ambicq734/
Ambedk733/
Amnbes732/
Ombeci732/
Ambeiz732/
Ambeak731/
Amberz731/
Ambich731/
Ambici731/
Anmbek731/
Gambeg731/
Anbeck731/
Ambiez731/
Ambekq731/
Ambees731/
Gambeš731/
Hombeck67144/
Ambiche67136/
Hombecq67101/
Eimbeck6756/
Hambick6748/
Hanbeck6734/
Hambäck6727/
Ambitse6727/
Hambeis6720/
Ambegue6720/
Atembeg6717/
Ambique675/
Atymbek674/
Ombeche674/
Gambäck673/
Ambuike673/
Hambike672/
Ambiesh672/
Ambhesh671/
Ambetse671/
Ambedke671/
Ombehch671/
Ambaike671/
Anbeche671/
Hombech671/
Hambegh671/
Gombeck670/

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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 Ambec
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