Sabi Surname
Approximately 120,139 people bear this surname
Sabi Surname Definition:
Sabi is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: fish.
Sabi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 84,640 | 1:122 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 7,954 | 1:22,271 | 1,978 |
| Togo | 5,250 | 1:1,381 | 132 |
| Pakistan | 3,478 | 1:51,364 | 2,086 |
| Indonesia | 2,423 | 1:54,581 | 6,054 |
| Angola | 2,366 | 1:11,407 | 1,401 |
| Morocco | 2,079 | 1:16,583 | 2,522 |
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Niger | 1,618 | 1:11,862 | 862 |
| India | 1,116 | 1:687,335 | 32,070 |
| Tanzania | 924 | 1:57,296 | 6,218 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Colombia | 667 | 1:71,625 | 3,101 |
| Zambia | 645 | 1:24,574 | 2,623 |
| Algeria | 618 | 1:62,511 | 10,364 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Cameroon | 350 | 1:59,340 | 7,638 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| DR Congo | 294 | 1:251,291 | 23,908 |
| Malaysia | 200 | 1:147,471 | 9,253 |
| Kazakhstan | 190 | 1:93,066 | 10,539 |
| South Africa | 161 | 1:336,507 | 31,327 |
| Israel | 144 | 1:59,428 | 7,587 |
| Papua New Guinea | 140 | 1:58,241 | 7,447 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Spain | 115 | 1:406,539 | 22,087 |
| Iran | 94 | 1:816,835 | 40,564 |
| Brazil | 93 | 1:2,301,875 | 71,238 |
| United Arab Emirates | 91 | 1:100,684 | 8,774 |
| Turkey | 81 | 1:960,758 | 44,160 |
| United States | 81 | 1:4,474,802 | 235,715 |
| France | 73 | 1:909,900 | 105,096 |
| Japan | 61 | 1:2,095,808 | 28,388 |
| Afghanistan | 47 | 1:684,110 | 7,621 |
| Russia | 46 | 1:3,133,110 | 167,157 |
| Philippines | 42 | 1:2,410,434 | 128,915 |
| Taiwan | 41 | 1:571,823 | 4,251 |
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| Ivory Coast | 35 | 1:659,178 | 18,915 |
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Tajikistan | 16 | 1:524,168 | 3,647 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Peru | 13 | 1:2,444,933 | 27,186 |
| Ecuador | 12 | 1:1,325,487 | 16,904 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Jordan | 11 | 1:803,858 | 14,945 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| Moldova | 9 | 1:395,708 | 28,721 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 2 | 1:88,712 | 2,936 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
The alternate forms: Šabi (14), Şabi (4) & Sabí (2) are calculated separately.
Sabi (110,132) may also be a first name.
Sabi Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Sabi is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: fish.
Sabi is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: fish.
Sabi Demographics
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Sabi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sabi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sabi (Arabic: سابي, Bengali: সবি, Hindi: सबी, Marathi: सबी, Oriya: ସାବି, Russian: Саби, Tibetan: ས་བི་) is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Šabi, Şabi or Sabí. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sabi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,702nd most widespread last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 60,659 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Sabi are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 9,338th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 110,132 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 84,640 people, or 1 in 122. In Benin it is most frequent in: Alibori Department, where 51 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 28 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Benin this last name is found in 99 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent reside and Togo, where 4 percent reside.
Sabi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Sabi last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Sabi are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 87.5% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sabi earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 61.06% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,549 per year; in South Africa they earn 19.09% less than the national average, earning R 192,264 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.6% less than the national average, earning $19,161,700 COP per year and in United States they earn 14.06% less than the national average, earning $37,083 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sabi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sabi in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་བི་ | sabi | 95.24 |
| སཱ་བི་ | sabi | 4.76 |
| Sabi in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାବି | sabi | 83.76 |
| ସାବୀ | sabi | 6.96 |
| ସବି | sabi | 4.13 |
| ଶାବି | sabi | 2.61 |
| ଶାବୀ | sabi | 0.44 |
| ସବୀ | sabi | 0.15 |
| ସାନି | sani | 0.07 |
| େଦଇ | eda'i | 0.04 |
| ସାବୢ | saba | 0.04 |
| ଇସାବି | isabi | 0.04 |
| ସଜି | saji | 0.04 |
| ଲବ | laba | 0.04 |
| ବାରି | bari | 0.04 |
| Sabi in the Hindi language | ||
| सबी | sabi | 72.94 |
| साबी | sabi | 20.34 |
| सबि | sabi | 2.39 |
| साबि | sabi | 1.41 |
| शबी | sabi | 0.35 |
| सबीा | sabia | 0.09 |
| सावी | savi | 0.09 |
| शाबी | sabi | 0.09 |
| सवी | savi | 0.09 |
| सेबी | sebi | 0.09 |
| सवि | savi | 0.09 |
| सूबी | subi | 0.09 |
| Sabi in the Bengali language | ||
| সবি | sabi | 65.26 |
| সাবি | sabi | 13.68 |
| ছবি | chabi | 7.37 |
| সবী | sabi | 5.26 |
| সাবী | sabi | 4.21 |
| সেবি | sebi | 3.16 |
| Sabi in the Marathi language | ||
| सबी | sabi | 54.73 |
| साबी | sabi | 41.98 |
| शबी | sabi | 0.82 |
| असाबी | asabi | 0.82 |
| सबै | sabai | 0.82 |
| Sabi in the Russian language | ||
| Саби | sabi | - |
| Sabi in the Arabic language | ||
| سابي | saby | - |
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