Ambewa Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ambewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ambewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Ambewa (47) may also be a first name.

Ambewa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ambewa is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ambewa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ambewa is the 6,360,413th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Ambewa live; 44 percent live in Central Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ambewa is also the 1,467,136th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 47 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Barring The DR Congo it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ambewad922/
Gambewa921/
Ambeuwa921/
Hambewua866/
Ombewa831,013/
Ambiwa83180/
Ambeva8338/
Ambawa8329/
Ambewe8328/
Ambeba8318/
Ambewo831/
Ambaeva77576/
Ambeabi7741/
Ambevad7716/
Ambowai7710/
Hambawa778/
Eambiwa771/
Amboway771/
Ambojwa771/
Ambesua771/
Ambuiwa771/
Gambewo771/
Ambieva771/
Ambewop771/
Ambeeva771/
Gambeeva7123/
Hambeeva7116/
Aimbaeva716/
Ambeebai715/
Aumbaeva714/
Atimbewo711/
Ambegiua711/
Hambieva711/
Aymbewer711/
Eambaeva711/
Ombeva67900/
Ombawa67540/
Ombeba67210/
Ambowo6778/
Ambebi6763/
Ambebe6755/
Ambawo6721/
Embawa6711/
Ombiwa675/
Ambeve674/
Ambava673/
Ambibe671/
Anbeva671/
Ambeby671/

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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 Ambewa
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