Ambessa Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Ambessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Ambessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ambessa is found most in Cameroon. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambessa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,483,783rd most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ambessa reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 83 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 377,619. In Cameroon Ambessa is mostly found in: East Region, where 91 percent live, South Region, where 5 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 7 percent live and Switzerland, 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 Ambessa
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