Ambison Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ambison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ambison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Ambison (56) may also be a first name.

Ambison Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ambison occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ambison? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,843,861st most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ambison live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 56 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Ambison is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 52 percent live, Nasarawa, where 34 percent live and Bauchi, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria Ambison exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 38 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 Ambison
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