Anambara Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Anambara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Anambara Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin111:939,60046,216
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Anambara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Anambara is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Anambara.

How Common Is The Last Name Anambara? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Anambara live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Anambara is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 939,600. In Benin Anambara is primarily concentrated in: Donga Department, where 100 percent live. Aside from Benin Anambara occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 29 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Anambari887/
Anombara881/
Annambari828/
Anambhare824/
Anamboura821/
Gonambare716/
Anambhore712/
Ananboura711/
Angambeire671/
Honombera5920/
Onomuhara5911/
Angombore592/
Ananbhore591/
Gonamboro591/
Onomuaro501/
Show All Similar Surnames

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Anambara
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis