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
Sambie has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can be found in the variant forms: Sambié. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,220,661st most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 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. Sambie is also the 974,243rd most widely held given name in the world It is held by 95 people.
This last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 633,997. In Zambia Sambie is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent reside and Benin, where 18 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 Sambie
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