Sumbeya Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Sumbeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 37 | 1:417,250 | 37,018 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Sumbeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumbeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sumbeya has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumbeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sumbeya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Sumbeya is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 417,250. In Zimbabwe Sumbeya is most prevalent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 95 percent reside, Harare Province, where 3 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 10 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 Sumbeya
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