Ambom Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Ambom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 62 | 1:131,512 | 18,033 |
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Ambom (10) may also be a first name.
Ambom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ambom is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambom? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,478,479th most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 52 percent of Ambom reside; 44 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 44 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Ambom is also the 3,684,242nd most common given name world-wide It is held by 10 people.
The last name Ambom is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 131,512. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: West Sepik, where 32 percent are found, West New Britain, where 26 percent are found and Bougainville, where 23 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 34 percent are found and Nigeria, where 15 percent are found.
Ambom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ambom has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ambom surname decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Ambom
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