Ambition Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ambition Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ambition Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Ambition (383) may also be a first name.

Ambition Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ambition occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ambition? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ambition live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ambition is also the 442,958th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world. It is borne by 383 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 50 percent are found, Abia, where 25 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 8 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ambitin9313/
Ambiting88101/
Embition881/
Gombitin755/
Amibetian711/
Ombitim671/
Amptian671/
Amputian634/
Ambashin631/
Amuptian631/
Ambeishan591/
Hambetten590/
Ambeshain590/
Embeshin501/
Amabashn501/
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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 Ambition
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