Sambie Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Sambie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 25 | 1:633,997 | 25,256 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Sambié (10) are calculated separately.
Sambie (95) may also be a first name.
Sambie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambie is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Sambié. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambie? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,220,661st most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Sambie are found; 36 percent are found in Southern Africa and 36 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 95 people.
This last name is most widespread in Zambia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 633,997. In Zambia Sambie is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 100 percent live. Other than Zambia Sambie exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent live and Benin, where 18 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 Sambie
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