Sambah Surname
Approximately 173 people bear this surname
Sambah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 55 | 1:80,155 | 6,706 |
| Malaysia | 39 | 1:756,262 | 35,302 |
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sambah (85) may also be a first name.
Sambah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sambah (Bengali: সম্বাহ, Marathi: संभा, Oriya: ସତ୍ାହ) is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,305,105th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 42,124,543 people. The surname Sambah occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Sambah live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 32 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sambah is also the 1,039,322nd most prevalent forename worldwide It is held by 85 people.
The last name is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 80,155. In Liberia Sambah is mostly concentrated in: Margibi County, where 36 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 18 percent are found and Bomi County, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 23 percent are found and Cameroon, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambah in the Bengali language | ||
| সম্বাহ | sambaha | - |
| Sambah in the Oriya language | ||
| ସତ୍ାହ | sataha | - |
| Sambah in the Marathi language | ||
| संभा | sambha | 50 |
| संबाह | sambaha | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Sambah
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