Kambai Surname
Approximately 2,633 people bear this surname
Kambai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,588 | 1:111,551 | 7,433 |
| Zambia | 386 | 1:41,062 | 4,036 |
| Papua New Guinea | 376 | 1:21,685 | 2,327 |
| Namibia | 107 | 1:22,518 | 3,805 |
| Botswana | 66 | 1:33,135 | 6,513 |
| Thailand | 42 | 1:1,681,865 | 216,672 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Kambai (820) may also be a first name.
Kambai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kambai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kambai (Marathi: कंबई, Oriya: କାାଇ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kambai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 164,675th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,767,773 people. Kambai occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Kambai reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 285,396th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 820 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,588 people, or 1 in 111,551. In Nigeria Kambai is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 77 percent are found, Bauchi, where 4 percent are found and Plateau, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 15 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kambai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kambai in the Oriya language | ||
| କାାଇ | kaa'i | - |
| Kambai in the Marathi language | ||
| कंबई | kamba'i | 27.27 |
| कांबळे | kambale | 18.18 |
| कांबई | kamba'i | 18.18 |
| कमलबाई | kamalaba'i | 9.09 |
| कामाबाई | kamaba'i | 9.09 |
| कंबाई | kamba'i | 9.09 |
| कांबाई | kamba'i | 9.09 |
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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 Kambai
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