Anamba Surname
Approximately 513 people bear this surname
Anamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 460 | 1:45,150 | 5,937 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Anamba (41) may also be a first name.
Anamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anamba (Hindi: अणम्बा, Marathi: अनंबा) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Anamba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 604,614th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,205,743 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Anamba reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most widely held first name globally, borne by 41 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 460 people, or 1 in 45,150. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 84 percent reside, South Region, where 9 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anamba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anamba in the Hindi language | ||
| अणम्बा | anamba | - |
| Anamba in the Marathi language | ||
| अनंबा | anamba | - |
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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 Anamba
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