Ambombo Surname
Approximately 971 people bear this surname
Ambombo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 848 | 1:24,492 | 3,324 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
Ambombo (108) may also be a first name.
Ambombo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambombo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ambombo is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambombo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 370,091st most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,505,197 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ambombo reside; 100 percent reside in Central Africa and 100 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 904,892nd most prevalent given name globally, held by 108 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 848 people, or 1 in 24,492. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 88 percent live, Littoral Region, where 10 percent live and West Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hambombo | 93 | 1 | / |
| Haambombo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Embombo | 86 | 868 | / |
| Ambomba | 86 | 47 | / |
| Ombombo | 86 | 22 | / |
| Ambembo | 86 | 22 | / |
| Amvombo | 86 | 3 | / |
| Anbombo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hambomba | 80 | 108 | / |
| Amboumba | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ambembou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hamboomba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ambamba | 71 | 274 | / |
| Ambumba | 71 | 125 | / |
| Omwombo | 71 | 67 | / |
| Embomba | 71 | 59 | / |
| Anwombo | 71 | 13 | / |
| Ombomba | 71 | 9 | / |
| Ambemba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Omuombo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amvomba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Haamboomba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hambamba | 67 | 259 | / |
| Gambamba | 67 | 43 | / |
| Gambumba | 67 | 31 | / |
| Amvoumba | 67 | 8 | / |
| Emboumba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ambembeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hambumba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ambombo
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