Sarbah Surname
Approximately 6,042 people bear this surname
Sarbah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 5,888 | 1:4,589 | 649 |
| Liberia | 46 | 1:95,838 | 7,727 |
| Lebanon | 42 | 1:134,216 | 6,954 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Sarbah (151) may also be a first name.
Sarbah Demographics
Sarbah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Sarbah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarbah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sarbah (Arabic: ساربيه, Marathi: सब) is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarbah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sarbah is the 80,574th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,206,148 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sarbah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 749,223rd most frequently held given name internationally, held by 151 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is held by 5,888 people, or 1 in 4,589. Other than Ghana this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 1 percent reside and Lebanon, where 1 percent reside.
Sarbah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sarbah has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Sarbah last name expanded 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sarbah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Sarbah last name is predominantly Sunni (86%) in Lebanon.
Sarbah earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 35.81% less than the national average, earning $27,696 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sarbah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sarbah in the Marathi language | ||
| सब | saba | - |
| Sarbah in the Arabic language | ||
| ساربيه | sarbyh | - |
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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 Sarbah
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