Sambona Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Sambona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 91 | 1:169,651 | 20,787 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Samboña (38) are calculated separately.
Sambona (112) may also be a first name.
Sambona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sambona is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Samboña. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambona? popularity and diffusion
Sambona is the 1,775,494th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Sambona live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 885,979th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 112 people.
The last name is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 169,651. In Zimbabwe Sambona is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 55 percent reside, Harare Province, where 32 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 13 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Sambona
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