Ambow Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Ambow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Ambow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ambow is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambow? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ambow is the 2,909,720th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Ambow live; 49 percent live in Central Africa and 49 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Ambow is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 944,049. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 91 percent live and Northwest Region, where 9 percent live. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 38 percent live and The Philippines, where 4 percent live.
Ambow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ambow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ambow surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambouw | 91 | 42 | / |
| Ambowa | 91 | 33 | / |
| Ambowe | 91 | 4 | / |
| Hambow | 91 | 0 | / |
| Ambaw | 80 | 13,430 | / |
| Ambof | 80 | 44 | / |
| Ambov | 80 | 33 | / |
| Ambuw | 80 | 22 | / |
| Embow | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ambob | 80 | 3 | / |
| Anbow | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ombow | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ambawe | 73 | 103 | / |
| Ambova | 73 | 39 | / |
| Hambov | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ombowa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gambov | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hamboub | 67 | 47 | / |
| Hambawe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hambova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hamboev | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amhboob | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hamboob | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gambova | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Ambow
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