Ambela Surname
Approximately 1,390 people bear this surname
Ambela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 847 | 1:24,521 | 3,329 |
| DR Congo | 410 | 1:180,194 | 18,301 |
| Indonesia | 49 | 1:2,698,963 | 156,404 |
| Namibia | 38 | 1:63,405 | 7,039 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Ambela (333) may also be a first name.
Ambela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ambela (Bengali: অম্বেলা, Hindi: अम्बेला, Marathi: अंबेला) is most common in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 278,370th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,242,839 people. The surname Ambela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ambela are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 88 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 479,726th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 333 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 847 people, or 1 in 24,521. In Cameroon Ambela is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 90 percent are found, South Region, where 4 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 29 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ambela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ambela in the Bengali language | ||
| অম্বেলা | ambela | - |
| Ambela in the Hindi language | ||
| अम्बेला | ambela | - |
| Ambela in the Marathi language | ||
| अंबेला | ambela | 66.67 |
| बेला | bela | 33.33 |
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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 Ambela
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