Atambire Surname

697,244th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 423 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Atambire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Atambire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Atambire (281) may also be a first name.

Atambire Last Name Facts

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

The last name Atambire is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Atambire.

How Common Is The Last Name Atambire? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 697,244th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 17,228,241 people. The last name Atambire occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Atambire reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Atambire is also the 528,876th most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 281 people.

The last name Atambire is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Other than Ghana this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hattambire891/
Atambiri884/
Atembire882/
Atambira881/
Atamber80163/
Gathambiri782/
Atombere7522/
Atanbere755/
Otambiri753/
Atanmber751/
Atuimbere711/
Atanber674/
Atonbere6333/
Etembere633/
Otombere631/
Atuimberi591/
Otuombere591/
Atanver532/
Otombera5010/

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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 Atambire
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