Sanbah Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Sanbah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanbah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia101:440,85421,753
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

Sanbah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sanbah is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanbah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sanbah are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

The surname Sanbah is most widespread in Liberia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia Sanbah is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 80 percent are found, Bomi County, where 10 percent are found and Lofa County, where 10 percent are found. Not including Liberia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Morocco, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sambah83173/
Sanboh837/
Sonbah831/
Sambach77100/
Shambah7724/
Sambaha7719/
Sambadh771/
Shanboh771/
Sambahy771/
Saymbah771/
Sambaih771/
Samba73333,743/
Shambach71313/
Sambahay7138/
Shambath711/
Sambhash711/
Shamba6729,430/
Sambas676,862/
Sambad676,321/
Sambai672,357/
Sambat672,149/
Sambea671,125/
Sambay67610/
Sambaa67606/
Siamba67492/
Sambha67304/
Saumba67302/
Samboa67205/
Samboh67195/
Sambau67178/
Sembah67133/
Ssamba67121/
Sgamba6797/
Sambaz6780/
Sombah6766/
Zsamba6739/
Saimba6738/
Sambaj6732/
Sambaß6720/
Sambho677/
Saemba675/
Seamba675/
Saamba673/
Sammba673/
Scamba672/
Sambaí671/
Sjamba671/
Sambéa671/
Hsamba671/
Shambauch670/

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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 Sanbah
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