Sambié Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Sambié Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sambié Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania101:409,48616,302
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Sambie (73) are calculated separately.

Sambié Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sambié (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺒﻲ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can be rendered as a variant: Sambie. Click here for other potential spellings of Sambié.

How Common Is The Last Name Sambié? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Sambié is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sambié reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania Sambié is most frequent in: Assaba Region, where 80 percent reside, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 10 percent reside and Guidimagha Region, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sambie9473/
Sombié8320/
Sambyé8314/
Cambié834/
Sambji831/
Sambyoi779/
Sambiyo778/
Sambiha777/
Sambhji774/
Shambie773/
Sambiji772/
Sambiei771/
Sambiua771/
Sambiio771/
Sambihi771/
Siambihi71104/
Szambier7110/
Shambier711/
Sambiehi711/
Shambiji711/
Saimbeoi711/
Sombie675,654/
Zambie67112/
Samuei6749/
Jambie6745/
Schambier6742/
Sambye6725/
Samuie6723/
Samuia6714/
Cambiè679/
Samvie673/
Sanbie672/
Sambajiee671/
Sanbji671/
Sembie671/

Sambié Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sambié in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺻﻤﺒﻲsmby60
ﺻﻤﺒﻴﻪsmbyh40

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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 Sambié
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