Samboja Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Samboja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 137 | 1:337,080 | 20,325 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Samboja (347) may also be a first name.
Samboja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samboja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samboja is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samboja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samboja is the 1,189,614th most common last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Samboja live; 69 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 468,121st most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 347 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 337,080. In Kenya Samboja is mostly found in: Taita Taveta County, where 99 percent live and Mombasa County, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
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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 Samboja
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