Sambanya Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Sambanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Sambanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambanya (Marathi: सांबन्या) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Sambanya occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Sambanya live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 64 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 1,187,557. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland West Province, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 32 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shambanya | 94 | 8 | / |
| Samwanya | 88 | 11 | / |
| Zambanya | 88 | 4 | / |
| Sembanya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Jambanya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sambanja | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sambanjai | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shombanya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sawanya | 80 | 48 | / |
| Saminpanya | 78 | 6 | / |
| Jambanja | 75 | 65 | / |
| Samwanja | 75 | 29 | / |
| Shawanya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zombanya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sembanja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sanbanha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Siamwanja | 71 | 315 | / |
| Somboonya | 71 | 10 | / |
| Sanvainya | 71 | 8 | / |
| Chambanja | 71 | 6 | / |
| Shamwanja | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sombanjai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chamwanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siamwania | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chambonya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Samboña | 67 | 38 | / |
| Chamuhanya | 67 | 1 | / |
Sambanya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambanya in the Marathi language | ||
| सांबन्या | samban'ya | - |
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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 Sambanya
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