Sambawe Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Sambawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Sambawe (10) may also be a first name.
Sambawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambawe is found most in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambawe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,394,033rd most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sambawe reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 10 people.
It is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 2 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Sambawe
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