Sambeh Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Sambeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 43 | 1:102,524 | 8,134 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sambeh (23) may also be a first name.
Sambeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambeh is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sambeh.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,020,555th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Sambeh live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 23 people.
This last name is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 102,524. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 49 percent reside, Lofa County, where 23 percent reside and Bomi County, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Liberia it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 35 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Sambeh
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