Dambiya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Dambiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Dambiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dambiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dambiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻣﺒﻴﻪ) is most common in Mauritania. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dambiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dambiya live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 818,973. In Mauritania Dambiya is most frequent in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dambiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dambiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻣﺒﻴﻪ | dmbyh | - |
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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
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- 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 Dambiya
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