Ambeck Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Ambeck Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Ambeck Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambeck Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ambeck (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻣﺒﻚ) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ambeck.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambeck? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,894,523rd most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Ambeck reside; 59 percent reside in Central Africa and 59 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Ambeck is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 364,370. In Cameroon Ambeck is most common in: Northwest Region, where 72 percent live, Southwest Region, where 21 percent live and Centre Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 17 percent live and Germany, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ambeck Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ambeck in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻣﺒﻚ | ambk | - |
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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 Ambeck
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