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
The surname Sambira (Hindi: संबीरा, Marathi: सांबीरा, Oriya: ସାିରା) occurs most in Malawi. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sambira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 528,890th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,907,755 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 85 people.
It is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 59,441. Outside of Malawi this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common 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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