Sanamba Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sanamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
France11:66,422,722504,397

Sanamba (1,346) may also be a first name.

Sanamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sanamba is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanamba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sanamba reside; 81 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 213,975th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 1,346 people.

Sanamba is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 4,072,432. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 69 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 31 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent are found and France, where 6 percent are found.

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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 Sanamba
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