Nsambila Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nsambila Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nsambila Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania781:678,73939,598
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188

Nsambila Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nsambila Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nsambila is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nsambila? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,795,579th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsambila are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 74 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

Nsambila is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 678,739. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mbeya Region, where 99 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Zambia, where 6 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
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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 Nsambila
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