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
Sabi Political Affiliation
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Sabi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sabi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sabi (Arabic: سابي, Bengali: সবি, Hindi: सबी, Marathi: सबी, Oriya: ସାବି, Russian: Саби, Tibetan: ས་བི་) has its highest incidence in Benin. It can occur in the variant forms: Šabi, Şabi or Sabí. For other possible spellings of Sabi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sabi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,702nd most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 60,659 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Sabi live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sabi is also the 9,338th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 110,132 people.
The last name Sabi is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 84,640 people, or 1 in 122. In Benin it is most numerous in: Alibori Department, where 51 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 28 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 16 percent are found. Not including Benin this last name is found in 99 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and Togo, where 4 percent are found.
Sabi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Sabi last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Sabi last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 87.5% being registered with 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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