Kambaye Surname
Approximately 1,738 people bear this surname
Kambaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 1,577 | 1:9,245 | 365 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kambaye (997) may also be a first name.
Kambaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kambaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kambaye is held by more people in Senegal than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kambaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Kambaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 232,309th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,193,064 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kambaye live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 254,871st most widely held first name on earth, held by 997 people.
This last name is most numerous in Senegal, where it is carried by 1,577 people, or 1 in 9,245. In Senegal Kambaye is most frequent in: Sédhiou Region, where 44 percent reside, Ziguinchor Region, where 21 percent reside and Dakar Region, where 18 percent reside. Besides Senegal this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 6 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Kambaye
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