Sambele Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Sambele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sambele (542) may also be a first name.
Sambele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sambele is found most in Cameroon. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sambele.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sambele is the 3,665,662nd most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Sambele are found; 41 percent are found in West Africa and 31 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Sambele is also the 361,930th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 542 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: East Region, where 38 percent live, Far North Region, where 38 percent live and Centre Region, where 25 percent live. Barring Cameroon it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and The Philippines, where 17 percent live.
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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 Sambele
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