Ambende Surname

190,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Congo
Highest density in:
Congo

Ambende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ambende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Congo2,2061:2,262376
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ambende Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ambende is held by more people in The Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ambende? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 190,765th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,296,041 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ambende are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 100 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The Congo, where it is borne by 2,206 people, or 1 in 2,262. In The Congo it is most prevalent in: Brazzaville Department, where 39 percent reside, Plateaux Department, where 26 percent reside and Pool Department, where 14 percent reside. Besides The Congo this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ambendet9325/
Ambnde921/
Amwende8671/
Embende8637/
Ambenda8612/
Ombende862/
Ambinde862/
Ambendi862/
Ambinder80135/
Hamwende80110/
Anbender8016/
Amwendes808/
Gamwende806/
Ambynder806/
Eambinde801/
Hamweende7528/
Aimbinder7527/
Ainbender7513/
Aimbynder755/
Aymbinder751/
Ambinda71126/
Ambindi7176/
Amuenda7174/
Embinde7127/
Ombenda7122/
Heimbender7112/
Amwenda713/
Anwende712/
Omwende711/
Aymbimnder711/
Hamwenda67882/
Anbinder67199/
Anwender6797/
Anbynder6722/
Hamwinde674/
Hambindi671/
Gambindi671/

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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 Ambende
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