Zhanbay Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Zhanbay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 37 | 1:477,905 | 35,586 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 1:995,442 | 57,680 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zhanbay (14) may also be a first name.
Zhanbay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zhanbay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zhanbay (Russian: Жанбай) is carried by more people in Kazakhstan than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Zhanbay.
How Common Is The Last Name Zhanbay? popularity and diffusion
Zhanbay is the 2,909,720th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Zhanbay is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Zhanbay live; 93 percent live in Central Asia and 93 percent live in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. Zhanbay is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name internationally, held by 14 people.
The surname is most frequent in Kazakhstan, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 477,905. In Kazakhstan it is most numerous in: Astana, where 35 percent live, Almaty, where 22 percent live and Karaganda Region, where 22 percent live. Without taking into account Kazakhstan this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kyrgyzstan, where 13 percent live and Russia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zhanbay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zhanbay in the Russian language | ||
| Жанбай | zanbaj | - |
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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 Zhanbay
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