Samballa Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Samballa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Samballa (908) may also be a first name.
Samballa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samballa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samballa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﻣﺒﻞ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Samballa.
How Common Is The Last Name Samballa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Samballa is predominantly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Samballa live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Chadic Africa. Samballa is also the 269,226th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 908 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,744,729. In Niger Samballa is primarily found in: Agadez Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Niger Samballa occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 33 percent live and Liberia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samballa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samballa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺎﻣﺒﻞ | sambl | 33.33 |
| ﺳﺎﻣﺒﺎﻻ | sambala | 33.33 |
| ﺻﻤﺒﺎﻝ | smbal | 33.33 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Samballa
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