Sambira Surname
Approximately 612 people bear this surname
Sambira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 288 | 1:59,441 | 8,056 |
| Indonesia | 264 | 1:500,944 | 40,974 |
| Zimbabwe | 45 | 1:343,072 | 32,830 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Sambira (85) may also be a first name.
Sambira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sambira (Hindi: संबीरा, Marathi: सांबीरा, Oriya: ସାିରା) is found most in Malawi. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 528,890th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,907,755 people. The surname Sambira is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Sambira are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 85 people.
The last name Sambira is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Beside Malawi it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 43 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambira in the Hindi language | ||
| संबीरा | sambira | 66.67 |
| सम्बीरा | sambira | 33.33 |
| Sambira in the Marathi language | ||
| सांबीरा | sambira | 66.67 |
| संबीरा | sambira | 33.33 |
| Sambira in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାିରା | saira | 40 |
| ସିରା | sira | 30 |
| ଶାିରା | saira | 10 |
| ୀରା | ira | 10 |
| ସିର | sira | 10 |
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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 Sambira
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