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
The surname Sambah (Bengali: সম্বাহ, Marathi: संभा, Oriya: ସତ୍ାହ) is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sambah.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,305,105th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Sambah are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 32 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,039,322nd most frequent first name worldwide, held by 85 people.
It is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 80,155. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Margibi County, where 36 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 18 percent reside and Bomi County, where 16 percent reside. Not including Liberia this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 21 percent reside.
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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