Dambaya Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Dambaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 110 | 1:481,287 | 32,644 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Dambaya (37) may also be a first name.
Dambaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dambaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dambaya is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dambaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,497,948th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. Dambaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dambaya live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Dambaya is also the 1,688,769th most widespread forename throughout the world, held by 37 people.
The surname Dambaya is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 481,287. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
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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 Dambaya
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