Sambayi Surname
Approximately 1,657 people bear this surname
Sambayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 826 | 1:64,094 | 6,806 |
| DR Congo | 691 | 1:106,917 | 11,858 |
| Zimbabwe | 78 | 1:197,926 | 23,035 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Sambayi (1,204) may also be a first name.
Sambayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambayi is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambayi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sambayi is the 241,204th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 4,398,036 people. Sambayi is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sambayi reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sambayi is also the 228,266th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,204 people.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 826 people, or 1 in 64,094. In Tanzania Sambayi is most prevalent in: Simiyu Region, where 62 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 26 percent are found and Mara Region, where 11 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 42 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 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
- 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 Sambayi
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