Sambala Surname
Approximately 5,474 people bear this surname
Sambala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,753 | 1:14,106 | 1,838 |
| Congo | 490 | 1:10,182 | 1,393 |
| Malawi | 471 | 1:36,346 | 5,352 |
| Zambia | 261 | 1:60,728 | 5,500 |
| DR Congo | 239 | 1:309,120 | 27,984 |
| Russia | 128 | 1:1,125,961 | 83,965 |
| Namibia | 21 | 1:114,733 | 9,093 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Sambala (1,808) may also be a first name.
Sambala Demographics
Sambala Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sambala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sambala (Bengali: সম্বালা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺒﺎﻻ, Hindi: सम्बाला, Marathi: सांबला, Oriya: ହଁାସଦାଃ, Russian: Самбала, Tibetan: བསམ་བྷ་ལ།) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 87,821st most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,331,302 people. The last name Sambala is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sambala reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 179,627th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 1,808 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 3,753 people, or 1 in 14,106. In Tanzania Sambala is primarily found in: Njombe Region, where 28 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 22 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in 30 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 9 percent reside and Malawi, where 9 percent reside.
Sambala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Sambala last name is chiefly Buddhist (100%) in Russia.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﺒﺎﻻ | smbala | - |
| Sambala in the Tibetan language | ||
| བསམ་བྷ་ལ། | sambhala | - |
| Sambala in the Bengali language | ||
| সম্বালা | sambala | - |
| Sambala in the Hindi language | ||
| सम्बाला | sambala | 80.65 |
| समबाला | samabala | 8.06 |
| सम्बला | sambala | 6.45 |
| सांबला | sambala | 4.84 |
| Sambala in the Oriya language | ||
| ହଁାସଦାଃ | hamasadah | 66.67 |
| ସଳା | sala | 33.33 |
| Sambala in the Marathi language | ||
| सांबला | sambala | 58.33 |
| संबाला | sambala | 8.33 |
| शामबाला | samabala | 8.33 |
| सामबाला | samabala | 8.33 |
| शांबाला | sambala | 8.33 |
| सभाला | sabhala | 8.33 |
| Sambala in the Russian language | ||
| Самбала | sambala | - |
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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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- 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 Sambala
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