Ambia Surname
Approximately 16,023 people bear this surname
Ambia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 10,273 | 1:15,512 | 1,179 |
| Kenya | 2,027 | 1:22,782 | 2,595 |
| Indonesia | 1,113 | 1:118,822 | 11,991 |
| DR Congo | 657 | 1:112,450 | 12,366 |
| Papua New Guinea | 296 | 1:27,546 | 3,108 |
| Peru | 275 | 1:115,579 | 6,899 |
| Malaysia | 238 | 1:123,925 | 8,100 |
| India | 237 | 1:3,236,563 | 94,502 |
| Philippines | 176 | 1:575,217 | 63,737 |
| Mexico | 116 | 1:1,070,053 | 13,627 |
| Congo | 98 | 1:50,909 | 4,665 |
| United States | 96 | 1:3,775,614 | 208,022 |
| England | 95 | 1:586,506 | 35,379 |
| Namibia | 81 | 1:29,746 | 4,549 |
| Pakistan | 51 | 1:3,502,821 | 26,594 |
| Israel | 36 | 1:237,712 | 22,042 |
| Iran | 27 | 1:2,843,797 | 88,363 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
The alternate forms: Ambía (15) are calculated separately.
Ambia (60,840) may also be a first name.
Ambia Demographics
Average Ambia Salary in
United States
$51,050 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ambia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ambia (Bengali: আম্বিয়া, Hindi: अम्बिया, Marathi: अमबीआ, Oriya: ଅିଆ) occurs most in Bangladesh. It can also be found as: Ambía. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 33,137th most numerous family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 454,818 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Ambia live; 66 percent live in South Asia and 65 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Ambia is also the 15,690th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, held by 60,840 people.
The surname Ambia is most frequently used in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 10,273 people, or 1 in 15,512. Besides Bangladesh this last name is found in 40 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.
Ambia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Ambia last name is chiefly Christian (89%) in Kenya.
In The United States Ambia are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ambia earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 10.75% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,302 per year and in United States they earn 18.31% more than the national average, earning $51,050 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ambia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ambia in the Marathi language | ||
| अमबीआ | amabi'a | - |
| Ambia in the Bengali language | ||
| আম্বিয়া | ambiya | 82.14 |
| আমবিয়া | amabiya | 7.14 |
| অম্বিয়া | ambiya | 7.14 |
| আম্ভিয়া | ambhiya | 3.57 |
| Ambia in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅିଆ | ai'a | 62.5 |
| ଆିଆ | ai'a | 37.5 |
| Ambia in the Hindi language | ||
| अम्बिया | ambiya | 57.14 |
| अम्बिा | ambia | 35.71 |
| अमबिआ | amabi'a | 7.14 |
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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 Ambia
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