Sombay Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Sombay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Sombay (11) may also be a first name.
Sombay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sombay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sombay is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Sombay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sombay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,605,694th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Sombay is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Sombay are found; 82 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 82 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
Sombay is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 2,938,871. In Indonesia Sombay is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 91 percent reside, Central Kalimantan, where 7 percent reside and North Kalimantan, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 7 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Sombay
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