Sambaza Surname
Approximately 701 people bear this surname
Sambaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 572 | 1:26,990 | 4,142 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Zambia | 9 | 1:1,761,102 | 32,119 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Sambaza (84) may also be a first name.
Sambaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sambaza (Marathi: सांबझा) is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambaza? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sambaza is the 476,893rd most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 10,395,929 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sambaza reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 84 people.
This last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 572 people, or 1 in 26,990. In Zimbabwe Sambaza is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 58 percent are found, Harare Province, where 29 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 3 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambaza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambaza in the Marathi language | ||
| सांबझा | sambajha | - |
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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 Sambaza
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