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 last name Sambieni (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺒﻴﻨﻲ) is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Sambiéni. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambieni? popularity and diffusion
It is the 19,326th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 256,207 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sambieni live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 101,518th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 4,577 people.
Sambieni is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 26,095 people, or 1 in 396. In Benin Sambieni is mostly found in: Atakora Department, where 72 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 21 percent are found and Collines Department, where 5 percent are found. Other than Benin Sambieni is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 8 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
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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