Samebe Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Samebe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania61:682,47721,744
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Samebe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Samebe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺐ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Samebe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Samebe is the 7,117,718th most widespread last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Samebe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samebe reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

Samebe is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania Samebe is mostly found in: Assaba Region, where 33 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 33 percent live and Adrar Region, where 17 percent live. Other than Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samabe8394/
Sameby8318/
Sameba838/
Zamebe832/
Samobe832/
Semebe831/
Shamabe77141/
Sameeva7788/
Samobeu7714/
Siameba774/
Sameevi772/
Shamewe771/
Shameba771/
Samabee771/
Samieve771/
Sameeba771/
Shamibe771/
Samobei771/
Shameeva71522/
Siameeba716/
Shameemp714/
Jamesbey711/
Shamabee711/
Sameebai711/
Samebytt711/
Chameber710/
Somabe671,055/
Samabi67879/
Samewa6741/
Shaymeeva6736/
Someba676/
Samiba675/
Samobi673/
Semabe673/
Samevi672/
Samibi672/
Zemebe672/
Samessuie671/
Sameevich671/
Shaimeeva671/
Shammibee671/
Samiwe671/
Samessoue671/
Someby670/

Samebe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samebe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺻﻤﺐsmb60
ﺻﻨﺐsnb20
ﺍﺻﻤﺐasmb20

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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 Samebe
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