Sambaye Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Sambaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Kenya | 51 | 1:905,488 | 33,171 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Sambaye (176) may also be a first name.
Sambaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺒﺎﻱ) is borne by more people in Chad than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambaye? popularity and diffusion
Sambaye is the 677,464th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 16,562,604 people. The surname Sambaye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sambaye live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 687,834th most frequent forename on earth It is held by 176 people.
It is most prevalent in Chad, where it is borne by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Not including Chad it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 12 percent are found and Niger, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﺒﺎﻱ | smbay | - |
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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 Sambaye
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