Sahmbu Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sahmbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Sahmbu (42) may also be a first name.
Sahmbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahmbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sahmbu is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sahmbu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahmbu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sahmbu reside; 75 percent reside in Central Africa and 75 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequently held given name on earth, held by 42 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Sahmbu is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 25 percent live.
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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 Sahmbu
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