Ampong Surname
Approximately 20,657 people bear this surname
Ampong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 15,240 | 1:1,773 | 295 |
| Philippines | 4,841 | 1:20,913 | 2,624 |
| United States | 165 | 1:2,196,721 | 138,143 |
| Malaysia | 110 | 1:268,129 | 14,980 |
| England | 78 | 1:714,334 | 40,171 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Canada | 42 | 1:877,276 | 67,671 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Ampong (765) may also be a first name.
Ampong Demographics
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Ampong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ampong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ampong occurs in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ampong? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 26,057th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 352,788 people. Ampong is primarily found in Africa, where 74 percent of Ampong reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ampong is also the 296,849th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 765 people.
The surname Ampong is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is borne by 15,240 people, or 1 in 1,773. Outside of Ghana this surname is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Ampong Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ampong last name are 23.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 77.14% being registered with the political party.
The amount Ampong earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 17.46% less than the national average, earning 285,644 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 6.62% less than the national average, earning R 221,916 per year; in United States they earn 7.74% more than the national average, earning $46,487 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.31% less than the national average, earning $43,069 CAD per year.
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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 Ampong
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