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Where Does The Last Name Sambai Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Sambai (Bengali: সম্বই, Marathi: सांबाई, Oriya: ସାଇ) is most common in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant: Sambaí. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sambai? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Sambai is the 180,722^nd most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,091,874 people. The surname Sambai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Sambai live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sambai is also the 161,726^th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 2,152 people.

Sambai is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 810 people, or 1 in 65,360. In Tanzania Sambai is most prevalent in: Dodoma Region, where 68 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania it exists in 23 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 30 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found.

Sambai Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.