Shambay Surname
Approximately 697 people bear this surname
Shambay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 680 | 1:262,712 | 5,823 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shambay (702) may also be a first name.
Shambay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shambay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shambay (Russian: Шамбай) is most common in Pakistan. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shambay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 478,963rd most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 10,455,590 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Shambay are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Shambay is also the 311,884th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 702 people.
It is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 680 people, or 1 in 262,712. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Balochistan, where 94 percent live, Sindh, where 6 percent live and Punjab, where 0 percent live. Not including Pakistan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shambay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shambay in the Russian language | ||
| Шамбай | sambaj | - |
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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 Shambay
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