Amboye Surname
Approximately 798 people bear this surname
Amboye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 705 | 1:65,503 | 6,298 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Amboye (103) may also be a first name.
Amboye Demographics
Amboye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Amboye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amboye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amboye is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amboye? popularity and diffusion
Amboye is the 431,494th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 9,132,263 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Amboye reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Amboye is also the 930,172nd most common first name throughout the world, held by 103 people.
The surname Amboye is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 705 people, or 1 in 65,503. In Kenya Amboye is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 69 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 20 percent are found and Vihiga County, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Kenya Amboye is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.
Amboye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (94%) in Kenya.
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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 Amboye
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