Sangamba Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Sangamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sangamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1121:141,51710,320
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Sangamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sangamba is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sangamba.

How Common Is The Last Name Sangamba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,666,404th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname Sangamba occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sangamba live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 141,517. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Copperbelt Province, where 96 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 4 percent are found and North-Western Province, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 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 Sangamba
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