Sambasa Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Sambasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 148 | 1:684,042 | 70,291 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sambasa (13) may also be a first name.
Sambasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sambasa is found most in The Philippines. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambasa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,276,805th most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. Sambasa occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Sambasa live; 83 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sambasa is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 13 people.
This surname is most common in The Philippines, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 684,042. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 97 percent live and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 3 percent live. Excluding The Philippines this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Zambia, where 3 percent live.
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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 Sambasa
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