Sambes Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Sambes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
Sambes (17) may also be a first name.
Sambes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambes is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambes? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,979,664th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Sambes occurs mostly in Oceania, where 79 percent of Sambes are found; 79 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 79 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 17 people.
The last name Sambes is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 239,815. In Papua New Guinea Sambes is mostly found in: Madang, where 71 percent live and New Ireland, where 29 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 19 percent live and Zambia, where 2 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
- 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 Sambes
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