Sambieni Surname
Approximately 28,444 people bear this surname
Sambieni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 26,095 | 1:396 | 32 |
| Togo | 2,310 | 1:3,138 | 456 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Sambiéni (20) are calculated separately.
Sambieni (4,577) may also be a first name.
Sambieni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambieni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambieni (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺒﻴﻨﻲ) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Sambiéni. For other possible spellings of Sambieni click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambieni? popularity and diffusion
Sambieni is the 19,326th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 256,207 people. Sambieni occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sambieni are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sambieni is also the 101,518th most commonly occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 4,577 people.
Sambieni is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 26,095 people, or 1 in 396. In Benin Sambieni is primarily concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 72 percent live, Borgou Department, where 21 percent live and Collines Department, where 5 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambieni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambieni in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﺒﻴﻨﻲ | smbyny | - |
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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 Sambieni
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