Sambisa Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Sambisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sambisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sambisa (Russian: Самбиса) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambisa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sambisa is the 3,602,217th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Sambisa occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sambisa are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 735,154. In Zimbabwe Sambisa is primarily concentrated in: Bulawayo Province, where 95 percent live and Harare Province, where 5 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Malawi, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambisa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambisa in the Russian language | ||
| Самбиса | sambisa | - |
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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 Sambisa
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