Sambai Surname
Approximately 2,357 people bear this surname
Sambai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 810 | 1:65,360 | 6,927 |
| Kenya | 714 | 1:64,678 | 6,242 |
| Papua New Guinea | 220 | 1:37,062 | 4,461 |
| India | 203 | 1:3,778,647 | 104,625 |
| Indonesia | 151 | 1:875,822 | 65,732 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 1:655,427 | 31,286 |
| Ukraine | 37 | 1:1,230,343 | 106,187 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Sambaí (1) are calculated separately.
Sambai (2,152) may also be a first name.
Sambai Demographics
Sambai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sambai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sambai (Bengali: সম্বই, Marathi: सांबाई, Oriya: ସାଇ) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Sambaí. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 180,722nd most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,091,874 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Sambai live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 161,726th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 2,152 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 810 people, or 1 in 65,360. In Tanzania it is most frequent 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. Not including Tanzania this surname is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 30 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found.
Sambai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambai in the Bengali language | ||
| সম্বই | samba'i | - |
| Sambai in the Marathi language | ||
| सांबाई | samba'i | 54.35 |
| संबाई | samba'i | 10.87 |
| सामबाई | samaba'i | 6.52 |
| समाबाई | samaba'i | 6.52 |
| सांबई | samba'i | 6.52 |
| संबई | samba'i | 4.35 |
| समबाई | samaba'i | 4.35 |
| सांबाइ | samba'i | 2.17 |
| संाबाई | samaba'i | 2.17 |
| सरसंबी | sarasambi | 2.17 |
| Sambai in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଇ | sa'i | 50.62 |
| ଶବର | sabara | 23.46 |
| ସବର | sabara | 7.41 |
| ସଂବାଇ | samba'i | 4.94 |
| ସାମବାଇ | samaba'i | 3.7 |
| ଶାମବାଇ | samaba'i | 2.47 |
| ସାାଇ | saa'i | 2.47 |
| ସଂବାଈ | samba'i | 1.23 |
| ଇଭୂୟଁା | ibhuyama | 1.23 |
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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 Sambai
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