Ambeo Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Ambeo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 77 | 1:269,728 | 25,950 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ambeo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambeo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ambeo is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambeo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ambeo is the 2,121,169th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ambeo are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 92 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
Ambeo is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 269,728. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: East Region, where 94 percent live, Centre Region, where 4 percent live and South Region, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambeho | 91 | 27 | / |
| Ambeoh | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ambeou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gambeo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ambehou | 83 | 12 | / |
| Hambeos | 83 | 0 | / |
| Ombeo | 80 | 490 | / |
| Ambea | 80 | 217 | / |
| Ambio | 80 | 142 | / |
| Ambyo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Amveo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Atembeoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gambio | 73 | 107 | / |
| Ambyos | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ambiop | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ambiae | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gombeo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ambgea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hambea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ambeha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hambio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ambyae | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ambojia | 67 | 523 | / |
| Ambegia | 67 | 46 | / |
| Ambogia | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ambaiyo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ambojha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amboiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ambeuya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ambeiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ambayio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gambjou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gombeao | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anbehou | 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 Ambeo
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