Sambaya Surname
Approximately 1,327 people bear this surname
Sambaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 612 | 1:86,506 | 8,774 |
| Kenya | 420 | 1:109,952 | 9,414 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Guinea | 12 | 1:986,151 | 1,312 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Sambaya (214) may also be a first name.
Sambaya Demographics
Sambaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sambaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambaya (Hindi: सम्बया, Marathi: सांबया, Oriya: ସାାୟା) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambaya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 288,908th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,491,745 people. The last name Sambaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Sambaya live; 78 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 617,781st most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 214 people.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 612 people, or 1 in 86,506. In Tanzania Sambaya is primarily concentrated in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 35 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 32 percent are found and Malawi, where 16 percent are found.
Sambaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Sambaya last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambaya in the Hindi language | ||
| सम्बया | sambaya | - |
| Sambaya in the Marathi language | ||
| सांबया | sambaya | 91.81 |
| संबया | sambaya | 5.17 |
| सांबाया | sambaya | 0.86 |
| रामया | ramaya | 0.86 |
| समया | samaya | 0.43 |
| संबाजी | sambaji | 0.43 |
| सांबय़ा | sambaya | 0.43 |
| Sambaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାାୟା | saaya | 65 |
| ସାୟା | saya | 10 |
| ସାୟ | saya | 10 |
| ଶାାୟା | saaya | 10 |
| େମଲାକା | emalaka | 5 |
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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 Sambaya
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