Ambwene Surname
Approximately 865 people bear this surname
Ambwene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 859 | 1:61,632 | 6,607 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
Ambwene (1,866) may also be a first name.
Ambwene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ambwene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ambwene is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ambwene.
How Common Is The Last Name Ambwene? popularity and diffusion
It is the 405,063rd most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 8,424,909 people. Ambwene occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ambwene reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 176,254th most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 1,866 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 859 people, or 1 in 61,632. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 75 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ambwene
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