Ambua Surname
Approximately 1,323 people bear this surname
Ambua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,019 | 1:72,502 | 8,473 |
| Thailand | 136 | 1:519,400 | 90,176 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
Ambua (105) may also be a first name.
Ambua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ambua (Marathi: आंबुआ, Oriya: ଆୁଆ) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ambua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambua? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 289,639th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,508,349 people. Ambua is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Ambua are found; 77 percent are found in Central Africa and 77 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 920,134th most frequent given name globally, held by 105 people.
This surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,019 people, or 1 in 72,502. Aside from The DR Congo it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambuat | 91 | 203 | / |
| Ambuas | 91 | 35 | / |
| Gambua | 91 | 34 | / |
| Hambua | 91 | 12 | / |
| Eambua | 91 | 1 | / |
| Aumbua | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ambouha | 83 | 115 | / |
| Gambuay | 83 | 46 | / |
| Gambhua | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ambwa | 80 | 10,711 | / |
| Anbua | 80 | 346 | / |
| Embua | 80 | 227 | / |
| Ambuo | 80 | 37 | / |
| Amvua | 80 | 28 | / |
| Ombua | 80 | 15 | / |
| Ampua | 80 | 13 | / |
| Ambba | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ampuea | 73 | 52 | / |
| Aumbwa | 73 | 41 | / |
| Ambwai | 73 | 17 | / |
| Embuay | 73 | 15 | / |
| Hampua | 73 | 8 | / |
| Hombua | 73 | 4 | / |
| Aimfua | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gambuo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ombuah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ambwad | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ampuas | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hanbua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ambwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ambuoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ganbua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oumbua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ambbaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hambwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ainbua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ambuhot | 67 | 35 | / |
| Atembwa | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ambhbai | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gamfuah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ambvast | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ampouha | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'ambba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asinbua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ambwash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eimbuas | 67 | 1 | / |
Ambua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ambua in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆୁଆ | au'a | 93.33 |
| ଆୂଆ | au'a | 6.67 |
| Ambua in the Marathi language | ||
| आंबुआ | ambu'a | 50 |
| अंबुआ | ambu'a | 50 |
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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 Ambua
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