Ambrosius Surname

136,996th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Namibia

Ambrosius Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ambrosius Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,4281:56,3767,292
United States6881:526,83043,910
Namibia2701:8,9241,724
Netherlands2021:83,60013,946
Denmark1601:35,2793,662
Indonesia1121:1,180,79683,720
Argentina981:436,15732,981
South Africa671:808,62254,680
Australia521:519,14839,018
Poland421:904,97068,062
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
England171:3,277,533109,658
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Luxembourg51:116,1086,306
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:965,74457,486

Ambrosius (7,553) may also be a first name.

Ambrosius Last Name Facts

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

Ambrosius occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ambrosius? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ambrosius is the 136,996th most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,226,565 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Ambrosius live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 73,869th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 7,553 people.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 1,428 people, or 1 in 56,376. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent are found, Hesse, where 13 percent are found and Bavaria, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Germany Ambrosius exists in 35 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Namibia, where 8 percent are found.

Ambrosius Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ambrosius has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 1,323 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ambrosius Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ambrosius surname are 37.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 84.36% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ambrosius earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 28.61% more than the national average, earning R 305,616 per year; in United States they earn 6.26% more than the national average, earning $45,852 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.8% more than the national average, earning $59,022 CAD per year.

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Ambrosius 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
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  • 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 Ambrosius
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