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 occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambom? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,478,479th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. Ambom occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Ambom are found; 44 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 44 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 10 people.
The last name Ambom is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne 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. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 34 percent are found and Nigeria, where 15 percent are found.
Ambom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ambom has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ambom surname contracted 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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