Sambilwa Surname
Approximately 327 people bear this surname
Sambilwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 265 | 1:199,780 | 17,053 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
Sambilwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambilwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambilwa occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambilwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 841,044th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. The surname Sambilwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sambilwa live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Sambilwa is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 265 people, or 1 in 199,780. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 96 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent live and Njombe Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samblwad | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shaimbilwe | 78 | 6 | / |
| Sombelwa | 75 | 322 | / |
| Sembelwa | 75 | 5 | / |
| Shembelwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caumbilua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chombelwa | 59 | 2 | / |
| Zhambylbay | 56 | 6 | / |
| Combellwah | 56 | 1 | / |
| Giamblvo | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Sambilwa
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