Shambai Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Shambai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 51 | 1:310,783 | 17,285 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Shambai (2,047) may also be a first name.
Shambai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shambai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shambai (Marathi: शामबाई, Oriya: ଶାମବାଇ) is most common in Zambia. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shambai? popularity and diffusion
Shambai is the 1,817,111th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname Shambai occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Shambai are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Shambai is also the 166,722nd most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 2,047 people.
It is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 310,783. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Lusaka Province, where 90 percent live, Central Province, where 8 percent live and Luapula Province, where 2 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent live and Pakistan, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shambai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shambai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶାମବାଇ | samaba'i | - |
| Shambai in the Marathi language | ||
| शामबाई | samaba'i | 97.63 |
| शामबाइ | samaba'i | 0.24 |
| शंबाई | samba'i | 0.24 |
| शामजी | samaji | 0.12 |
| िखमजी | ikhamaji | 0.12 |
| वामबाई | vamaba'i | 0.12 |
| शांबाई | samba'i | 0.12 |
| संभाजी | sambhaji | 0.12 |
| यामबाई | yamaba'i | 0.12 |
| शमाबी | samabi | 0.12 |
| संभा | sambha | 0.12 |
| अंबाजी | ambaji | 0.12 |
| शमबाई | samaba'i | 0.12 |
| शामाबाई | samaba'i | 0.12 |
| िभमजी | ibhamaji | 0.12 |
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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 Shambai
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