Dambay Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Dambay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 256 | 1:206,803 | 17,522 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Dambay (13) may also be a first name.
Dambay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dambay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dambay (Oriya: ଡତ୍ାୟ, Russian: Дамбай) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dambay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 906,170th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The last name Dambay is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dambay live; 87 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Dambay is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 13 people.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 256 people, or 1 in 206,803. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Manyara Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 6 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dambay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dambay in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡତ୍ାୟ | dataya | - |
| Dambay in the Russian language | ||
| Дамбай | dambaj | - |
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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 Dambay
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