Awambe Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Awambe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 340 | 1:521,008 | 25,723 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Awambe (25) may also be a first name.
Awambe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awambe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awambe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awambe? popularity and diffusion
Awambe is the 769,129th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. The surname Awambe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awambe live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 25 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 521,008. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 68 percent live, Cross River, where 13 percent live and Taraba, where 9 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent live and Ghana, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awhambe | 92 | 7 | / |
| Awanmbe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Awamber | 92 | 1 | / |
| Awaambey | 86 | 1 | / |
| Awuaambe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Awambi | 83 | 615 | / |
| Awamba | 83 | 255 | / |
| Ewambe | 83 | 91 | / |
| Avambe | 83 | 48 | / |
| Abambe | 83 | 29 | / |
| Awanbe | 83 | 15 | / |
| Owambe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Awembe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Awombe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Awhanbe | 77 | 58 | / |
| Awambai | 77 | 21 | / |
| Abambey | 77 | 4 | / |
| Awambay | 77 | 4 | / |
| Aweambi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Abambee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aywambi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ayuambe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aiwambi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hawamba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Havambe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awanmba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awatimbi | 71 | 89 | / |
| Awhanhbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gavhambe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owamba | 67 | 775 | / |
| Ewombe | 67 | 617 | / |
| Ovambe | 67 | 586 | / |
| Obambe | 67 | 240 | / |
| Avembe | 67 | 190 | / |
| Abombe | 67 | 180 | / |
| Abambi | 67 | 128 | / |
| Ewambi | 67 | 117 | / |
| Ewembe | 67 | 107 | / |
| Owambi | 67 | 55 | / |
| Awomba | 67 | 55 | / |
| Awombi | 67 | 41 | / |
| Evambe | 67 | 30 | / |
| Awembi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Awanbi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owembe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owanbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hasswanbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awanba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awomby | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Awambe
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