Ambou Surname
Approximately 932 people bear this surname
Ambou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Niger | 220 | 1:87,236 | 3,702 |
| Cameroon | 131 | 1:158,543 | 17,246 |
| Congo | 102 | 1:48,913 | 4,507 |
| Spain | 36 | 1:1,298,668 | 42,856 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ambou (111) may also be a first name.
Ambou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ambou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻣﺒﻮ) is found most in Chad. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 382,080th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,819,255 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Ambou are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Ambou is also the 890,531st most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 111 people.
The last name Ambou is most numerous in Chad, where it is held by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Aside from Chad it occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 24 percent reside and Cameroon, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ambou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ambou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻣﺒﻮ | ambw | 75 |
| ﺃﻣﺒﻮ | ambw | 25 |
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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 Ambou
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