Zambah Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Zambah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
Zambah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zambah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zambah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻣﺒﺎﺡ) is found most in Liberia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zambah? popularity and diffusion
Zambah is the 5,213,395th most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Zambah reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 440,854. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 90 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Liberia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 14 percent are found and Yemen, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zambah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zambah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻣﺒﺎﺡ | zmbah | - |
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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 Zambah
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