Sambaa Surname
Approximately 606 people bear this surname
Sambaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 514 | 1:102,999 | 10,079 |
| Indonesia | 52 | 1:2,543,254 | 149,807 |
| Mongolia | 19 | 1:148,699 | 8,761 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sambaa (17) may also be a first name.
Sambaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sambaa is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambaa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 532,873rd most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 12,025,653 people. Sambaa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Sambaa live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sambaa is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used given name throughout the world, borne by 17 people.
Sambaa is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 514 people, or 1 in 102,999. In Tanzania Sambaa is mostly found in: Singida Region, where 77 percent are found, Manyara Region, where 21 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent are found and Mongolia, where 3 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 Sambaa
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