Sambitan Surname

499,597th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 659 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Sambitan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sambitan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines6411:157,93826,069
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England11:55,718,059489,080

Sambitan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sambitan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sambitan (Oriya: ସିତନ) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sambitan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 499,597th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,058,492 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Sambitan reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname Sambitan is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 641 people, or 1 in 157,938. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Eastern Visayas, where 39 percent live, Bicol, where 22 percent live and Calabarzon, where 11 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Sambitan Last Name Statistics demography

Sambitan earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.1% less than the national average, earning $30,594 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sombitan8813/
Sanbitan882/
Sambetan882/
Sembitan881/
Sambitong821/
Combaitan712/
Seamvitoon675/
Samuithong671/
Chanvitan5955/
Chambetam591/
Combeton501/

Sambitan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sambitan in the Oriya language
ସିତନsitana-

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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 Sambitan
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