Sandama Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Sandama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 37 | 1:428,376 | 20,573 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sandama (161) may also be a first name.
Sandama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sandama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sandama (Bengali: সান্দামা, Hindi: संदामा, Marathi: सांदमा, Oriya: ସାାମା) occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sandama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,980,395th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Sandama are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sandama is also the 722,635th most frequently held given name world-wide It is held by 161 people.
The last name Sandama is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 428,376. In Zambia it is most common in: North-Western Province, where 73 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 22 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 3 percent are found. Other than Zambia this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sandama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sandama in the Marathi language | ||
| सांदमा | sandama | - |
| Sandama in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାାମା | saama | 84.62 |
| ପଧାନ | padhana | 15.38 |
| Sandama in the Hindi language | ||
| संदामा | sandama | 60 |
| संदमा | sandama | 20 |
| सान्दमा | sandama | 10 |
| सांदमा | sandama | 10 |
| Sandama in the Bengali language | ||
| সান্দামা | sandama | 40 |
| সানদামা | sanadama | 40 |
| সানধামা | sanadhama | 20 |
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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 Sandama
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