Ambers Surname

351,042nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,039 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ambers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ambers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9991:362,82232,330
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
England21:27,859,030389,889
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
France11:66,422,722504,397
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1831:274,41922,265

Ambers (174) may also be a first name.

Ambers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ambers occurs most in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ambers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 351,042nd most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 7,014,000 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Ambers reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Ambers is also the 692,220th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 174 people.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 999 people, or 1 in 362,822. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 12 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and Virginia, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.

Ambers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ambers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ambers last name increased 546 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ambers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ambers surname are 3.21% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.44% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ambers earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9.45% less than the national average, earning $39,071 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.57% less than the national average, earning $36,481 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gambers9221/
Hambers9215/
Amberse920/
Hhambers860/
Embers83315/
Ambors8310/
Ombers832/
Anbers831/
Hambersch800/
Hambars772/
Gombers771/
Hombers771/
Hambors771/
Hembers770/
Ambercht713/
Anvers6725/
Enbers675/
Anbars672/
Anverse6210/
Anviers620/
Henbers620/
Hanvers620/
D'Anvers57132/
Gaumuirs570/
Eisenbers531/

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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 Ambers
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