Sambaja Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Sambaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sambaja (10) may also be a first name.
Sambaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sambaja (Hindi: संबजा) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sambaja is the 5,057,639th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Sambaja are found; 73 percent are found in East Africa and 73 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 10 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 4,812,874. In Tanzania Sambaja is most common in: Mwanza Region, where 82 percent are found, Mara Region, where 9 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 20 percent are found and The Philippines, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambaja in the Hindi language | ||
| संबजा | sambaja | - |
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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 Sambaja
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