Hambai Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Hambai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 107 | 1:148,130 | 10,678 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Hambai (246) may also be a first name.
Hambai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hambai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hambai (Bengali: হামবাই, Oriya: ହାାଇ) is most common in Zambia. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hambai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,604,449th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Hambai reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 569,299th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 246 people.
The surname Hambai is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 148,130. In Zambia Hambai is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 49 percent live, Southern Province, where 38 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 12 percent live. Apart from Zambia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 10 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hambai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hambai in the Bengali language | ||
| হামবাই | hamaba'i | - |
| Hambai in the Oriya language | ||
| ହାାଇ | haa'i | 94.34 |
| ହାଂବାଇ | hamba'i | 1.89 |
| ହାାଈ | haa'i | 1.89 |
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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 Hambai
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