Amboum Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Amboum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amboum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amboum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amboum occurs most in Cameroon. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Amboum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amboum? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amboum is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 75 percent of Amboum are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Littoral Region, where 33 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 33 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 33 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Amboum
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