Lambaya Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Lambaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Lambaya (25) may also be a first name.
Lambaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lambaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lambaya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lambaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Lambaya reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lambaya is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 25 people.
The last name Lambaya is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Lambaya is mostly concentrated in: Kaduna, where 89 percent are found and Borno, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 17 percent are found and The Philippines, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Lambaya
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