Sambela Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Sambela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 65 | 1:833,503 | 55,653 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Tanzania | 51 | 1:1,038,071 | 45,916 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Sambela (52) may also be a first name.
Sambela Demographics
Average Sambela Salary in
United States
$44,917 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sambela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambela (Bengali: সমবেলা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻨﺒﻼ, Marathi: संबाळा) is most common in South Africa. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambela? popularity and diffusion
Sambela is the 1,168,344th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Sambela reside; 32 percent reside in Central Africa and 32 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 52 people.
The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 833,503. In South Africa Sambela is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 89 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent live and Western Cape, where 3 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent live and Tanzania, where 25 percent live.
Sambela Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Sambela earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 10.74% more than the national average, earning R 263,160 per year and in United States they earn 4.1% more than the national average, earning $44,917 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambela in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻨﺒﻼ | snbla | - |
| Sambela in the Marathi language | ||
| संबाळा | sambala | - |
| Sambela in the Bengali language | ||
| সমবেলা | samabela | 66.67 |
| সম্বেলা | sambela | 33.33 |
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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 Sambela
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