Ambene Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Ambene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 177 | 1:117,339 | 13,463 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ambene (11) may also be a first name.
Ambene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ambene occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambene? popularity and diffusion
Ambene is the 1,148,257th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Ambene live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 85 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ambene is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held given name at a global level, borne by 11 people.
The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 117,339. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 72 percent live, Littoral Region, where 13 percent live and South Region, where 12 percent live. Beside Cameroon Ambene occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Ambene
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