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
The last name Sambaa has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambaa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 532,873rd most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 12,025,653 people. The surname Sambaa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Sambaa reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 17 people.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 514 people, or 1 in 102,999. In Tanzania Sambaa is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 77 percent live, Manyara Region, where 21 percent live and Iringa Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and Mongolia, where 3 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 Sambaa
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