Samba Forename
3,560th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 295,816 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Senegal
Highest density in:
Guinea-Bissau
Samba Forename Definition:
Samba is a given name of the Lozi tribe, meaning: talk.
Samba Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 99% | 129,023 | 1:113 | 22 |
| Mali | 95% | 43,243 | 1:393 | 74 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 32,775 | 1:53 | 23 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 18,519 | 1:221 | 30 |
| India | 85% | 17,400 | 1:69,821 | 9,000 |
| Gambia | - | 12,918 | 1:149 | 29 |
| Guinea | 100% | 7,437 | 1:1,595 | 215 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 7,104 | 1:998 | 219 |
| Angola | 91% | 6,208 | 1:4,344 | 697 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 2,767 | 1:8,340 | 929 |
| France | 100% | 2,665 | 1:24,942 | 1,041 |
| DR Congo | 58% | 2,061 | 1:35,821 | 2,559 |
| Burkina Faso | 90% | 2,048 | 1:8,974 | 982 |
| Zambia | - | 1,479 | 1:10,720 | 1,161 |
| Indonesia | 75% | 1,129 | 1:228,489 | 21,368 |
| Spain | 100% | 927 | 1:50,194 | 2,006 |
| Chad | 92% | 865 | 1:15,721 | 2,494 |
| Togo | - | 824 | 1:8,785 | 1,321 |
| Kenya | - | 804 | 1:57,596 | 3,730 |
| United States | 100% | 590 | 1:614,469 | 15,131 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Ghana | - | 506 | 1:53,332 | 2,793 |
| Nigeria | 62% | 422 | 1:420,769 | 13,980 |
| Morocco | - | 409 | 1:83,982 | 2,937 |
| Niger | 89% | 352 | 1:54,500 | 2,594 |
| Benin | 87% | 345 | 1:30,655 | 2,847 |
| Tanzania | 57% | 303 | 1:174,219 | 7,709 |
| Gabon | - | 281 | 1:6,702 | 1,252 |
| Cameroon | 81% | 195 | 1:110,823 | 5,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68% | 135 | 1:60,388 | 5,822 |
| Liberia | 91% | 129 | 1:34,202 | 2,019 |
| England | 100% | 114 | 1:487,745 | 10,446 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| Brazil | 100% | 98 | 1:2,186,083 | 44,746 |
| Belgium | 95% | 96 | 1:119,688 | 3,776 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Nepal | 61% | 83 | 1:343,221 | 11,773 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 68 | 1:105,176 | 8,303 |
| Malaysia | 66% | 67 | 1:454,477 | 20,428 |
| Russia | 100% | 59 | 1:2,444,639 | 15,357 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Zimbabwe | 56% | 57 | 1:270,593 | 14,914 |
| South Africa | 56% | 50 | 1:1,090,653 | 40,324 |
| Canada | 100% | 45 | 1:736,297 | 16,670 |
| Italy | 81% | 44 | 1:1,387,775 | 10,940 |
| Congo | 67% | 41 | 1:122,176 | 6,157 |
| Sweden | 97% | 34 | 1:289,938 | 8,902 |
| Bhutan | 83% | 28 | 1:29,462 | 1,145 |
| Germany | 78% | 25 | 1:3,867,115 | 17,280 |
| Uganda | 93% | 24 | 1:1,706,538 | 23,866 |
| Philippines | 62% | 21 | 1:5,048,070 | 87,079 |
| Afghanistan | 94% | 19 | 1:1,717,027 | 16,500 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Norway | 71% | 16 | 1:320,771 | 6,812 |
| Netherlands | 97% | 13 | 1:1,300,160 | 20,012 |
| Singapore | - | 11 | 1:571,550 | 11,876 |
| Switzerland | 88% | 10 | 1:821,350 | 10,525 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Cape Verde | - | 6 | 1:88,192 | 3,143 |
| Australia | - | 5 | 1:2,731,524 | 22,009 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,070,073 | 10,235 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Argentina | - | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Iraq | 100% | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4 | 1:17,516,453 | 200,944 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| China | - | 3 | 1:455,351,927 | 89,064 |
| Czechia | 67% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Denmark | - | 3 | 1:1,883,166 | 17,701 |
| Finland | 75% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Georgia | 67% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Haiti | - | 3 | 1:3,575,651 | 30,510 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Austria | - | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Pakistan | 75% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greece | 100% | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Poland | 88% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Şamba (95) are calculated separately.
Samba (333,743) may also be a surname.
Samba Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Samba is a given name of the Lozi tribe, meaning: talk.
— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
Samba Forename Popularity
Samba Demographics
Average Samba Salary in
United States
$37,980 USD
Per year
Rank:
281,922 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000113339
Rank: 19,500 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
87.25%
Sample size: 246 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Samba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samba in the Russian language | ||
| Самба | samba | - |
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