Sambeya Surname
Approximately 668 people bear this surname
Sambeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 365 | 1:43,424 | 4,233 |
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sambeya (54) may also be a first name.
Sambeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambeya has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 494,499th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 10,909,500 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Sambeya are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sambeya is also the 1,350,955th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 54 people.
The surname Sambeya is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 43,424. In Zambia Sambeya is most common in: North-Western Province, where 75 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 15 percent reside and Central Province, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Zambia Sambeya is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 42 percent reside and India, where 3 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 Sambeya
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