Ambrosia Surname

369,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 974 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Ambrosia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ambrosia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7341:493,81341,636
Brazil801:2,675,92980,209
Indonesia351:3,778,548197,284
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
India131:59,005,029552,550
France121:5,535,227269,324
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
England21:27,859,030389,889
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:1,521,77881,120

The alternate forms: Ambrosía (1) & Ambrósia (1) are calculated separately.

Ambrosia (13,304) may also be a first name.

Ambrosia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ambrosia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ambrosia (Arabic: امبروسيا) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Ambrosía or Ambrósia. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ambrosia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 369,191st most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,482,080 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Ambrosia are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Ambrosia is also the 50,473rd most widely held first name world-wide, held by 13,304 people.

The last name Ambrosia is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 734 people, or 1 in 493,813. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Illinois, where 16 percent live, New York, where 10 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 9 percent live. Other than The United States it exists in 28 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.

Ambrosia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ambrosia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ambrosia last name expanded 2,224 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ambrosia Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ambrosia surname are 18.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ambrosia earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.27% more than the national average, earning $43,696 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.57% less than the national average, earning $42,442 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ambrosia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ambrosia in the Arabic language
امبروسياambrwsya-

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Ambrosia Reference & Research

Ambrose DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Ambrose FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Ambrosia
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