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 is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ambison? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Ambison is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ambison are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ambison is also the 1,321,957th most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 56 people.

Ambison is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 52 percent live, Nasarawa, where 34 percent live and Bauchi, where 3 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common 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
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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 Ambison
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