Ambima Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ambima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ambima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria841:2,108,84273,007
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Ambima (372) may also be a first name.

Ambima Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ambima (Hindi: अम्बिमा, Marathi: अंबीमा, Oriya: ଅିମା) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Ambima click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ambima? popularity and diffusion

Ambima is the 1,755,741st most prevalent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname Ambima is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Ambima are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ambima is also the 450,135th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 372 people.

Ambima is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bauchi, where 85 percent are found, Gombe, where 6 percent are found and Oyo, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aembima9221/
Ambimah9220/
Ambisma9214/
Hambima922/
Aimbima921/
Ambaima921/
Atembima86268/
Atimbima86116/
Ombima833,362/
Embima83267/
Ambema8322/
Anbima8310/
Ambime835/
Ambimi831/
Hombima7727/
Ambaimo7721/
Gambimi776/
Ambiemi775/
Ombimah772/
Ambayma771/
Ombimaa771/
Ambimed771/
Ambieme771/
Gambimo771/
Hambime771/
Ambemma771/
Ambeama771/
Hamuimay714/
Atembema711/
Ambeme67110/
Ombimo6728/
Omvima678/
Ombema672/
Ambemi672/
Amuema672/
Ambhaymma671/
Omwima671/
Embema671/

Ambima Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ambima in the Oriya language
ଅିମାaima-
Ambima in the Marathi language
अंबीमाambima-
Ambima in the Hindi language
अम्बिमाambima77.78
अम्बीमाambima11.11
अंम्बिमाammbima11.11

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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 Ambima
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