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
The surname Dambaya is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dambaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,497,948th most widely held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dambaya reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Dambaya is also the 1,688,769th most commonly held first name globally, held by 37 people.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 481,287. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania Dambaya occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 15 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.
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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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