Ambekema Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Ambekema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 28 | 1:369,129 | 27,947 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
The alternate forms: Ambékéma (1) are calculated separately.
Ambekema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambekema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ambekema is found most in Benin. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Ambékéma. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambekema? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,485,539th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ambekema live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 369,129. In Benin it is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 86 percent live and Littoral Department, where 11 percent live. Aside from Benin Ambekema exists in one country. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambékéma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ambekemo | 88 | 61 | / |
| Embekema | 88 | 3 | / |
| Ambikama | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hambokoma | 71 | 73 | / |
| Ambikamma | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ambaikama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ambakkama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Haambokoma | 67 | 42 | / |
| Onmbaakema | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ambhikamma | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ambekema
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