Ambrose is used as a family name or surname in Greek. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ambrose
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Greek
Meaning: English equivalent of the French Ambroise (qv) meaning divine or immortal

How popular is Ambrose?

Ambrose is common in United States.

Ambrose is ranked 4787 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ambrose bearers increased by 2.880757 per cent in 2010 US census to 17178 since 2000, the surname slipped by 115 spots and ranked at 2107. The last name was found in around 58 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.04 83.36
Black 12.45 11.73
Hispanic or Latino 2.72 1.78
Others 1.58 1.19
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.3 1.07
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9 0.87
Ambrose is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Antigua and Barbuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 113964 people have been found who wears Ambrose as their family name. Ambrose is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
615,517 Russia6
7,031 China6
406 Sierra Leone5
8,926 Cameroon3
1,985 Cambodia3
2,720 South Korea3
14,193 Egypt3
3,340 Jamaica3
661,536 Indonesia3
2,135 Rwanda3
2,705 Togo2
3,014 Taiwan2
54,641 Sweden2
2,168 Suriname2
31,767 Greece2
4,367 Afghanistan2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
19,093 Finland2
23,344 Austria2
5,318 Iraq2
35,969 Denmark2
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
7,198 Maldives1
12,741 Ecuador1
2,211 Brunei1
2,715 Gabon1
31,584 Peru1
24,771 Colombia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
16,228 Bulgaria1
169,904 Brazil1
91,024 Belgium1
10,958 Bangladesh1
174,544 Czech Republic1
846 American Samoa1
2,057 Myanmar1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
38,830 Morocco1
2,309 Monaco1
1,179 Swaziland1
3,307 Malta1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,196 Liberia1
16,073 Latvia1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
3,071 Jersey1
29,046 Japan1
49,529 Israel1
7,292 Vietnam1
5,467 Haiti1
3,952 Yemen1
2,578 Guam1
1,005 The Gambia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,004 Bahrain49
302 Dominica45
52,947 Netherlands31
131 British Virgin Islands29
4,169 Cyprus26
5,663 Thailand18
2,340 Iceland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
231 Grenada82
276 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines79
32,662 Spain73
5,314 Kuwait70
23,959 Zimbabwe62
12,538 Norway59
19,965 Switzerland54
615 Barbados54
Countries with hundreds of Ambrose:
3,533 Sri Lanka652
5,603 Saudi Arabia616
28,238 Germany370
2,876 United Arab Emirates359
6,716 Romania334
2,347 Scotland295
736 Trinidad and Tobago291
536 Guyana267
39,199 Philippines258
45,235 France220
2,146 Ireland218
1,965 Wales203
147 Saint Lucia198
28,734 Poland191
2,626 Oman186
56 Antigua and Barbuda180
4,358 New Zealand175
1,470 Hong Kong166
2,273 Singapore166
21,011 Mexico157
56,111 Italy123
2,116 Qatar117
365 The Bahamas112
2,133 Northern Ireland107
Countries with thousands of Ambrose:
1,457 England5,458
1,336 Tanzania3,952
1,634 Kenya3,531
1,214 Malaysia2,555
3,145 Pakistan2,389
2,735 South Africa2,374
1,698 Australia1,877
1,886 Ghana1,757
715 Papua New Guinea1,494
3,381 Canada1,391
28,455 India1,312
Countries with ten thousands of Ambrose:
847 Nigeria31,026
168 Uganda27,446
1,952 United States20,591
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Maid Joney Ambrose from Ireland aboard the Fidelia from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 30 years old when she arrived in USA on September 30, 1848. Denis Ambrose (5), Born at sea Joney Ambrose, John Ambrose, aged 1 year old, James Ambrose, aged 20, Workman James Ambrose, Honora Ambrose (15) Immigrant, 20 years old Mary Ambrose, Immigrant Norry Ambrose, and 36 other Ambrose around 33.33% of whom were servant while others worked as workman and farmer migrated to US from Liverpool, Limerick and Cork.

Ambrose Namesakes

    Lauren Ambrose, American singer and actress of cinema and television of Italian ancestry
  • Stephen E. Ambrose, Historian
  • Adrianne Ambrose, Screenwriter
  • Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Inventor
  • Alfie Ambrose, Musical Artist
  • Stephen E. Ambrose, Historian
  • Curtly Ambrose, Cricketer
  • Marcos Ambrose, Racing driver
  • Lauren Ambrose, Film actress
  • Efe Ambrose, Soccer player
  • Bert Ambrose, Bandleader
  • Billy Ambrose, from 2016 drama film Ryan, who characterized Best Friend.
  • Amy Ambrose, from 2016 drama, thriller film Monochrome, who played Jess.
  • Anisha Ambrose, from 2016 horror, thriller film Karva, who characterized N.
  • Toby Ambrose portrayed leading character of Sebastian King in 2014 action and comedy film Mantecoza.

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