Samamba Surname
Approximately 2,311 people bear this surname
Samamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,973 | 1:26,833 | 3,244 |
| Zambia | 201 | 1:78,855 | 6,716 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samamba (111) may also be a first name.
Samamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samamba is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samamba is the 183,726th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,153,417 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samamba reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 890,531st most widely held given name on earth, borne by 111 people.
Samamba is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,973 people, or 1 in 26,833. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dodoma Region, where 61 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 15 percent live and Mara Region, where 7 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
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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 Samamba
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