Samambo Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Samambo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samambo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Samambo (8) may also be a first name.

Samambo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samambo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Samambo occurs more in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Samambo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samambo live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most frequent given name globally, borne by 8 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Botswana, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 2,186,929. Aside from Botswana this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found and Tanzania, where 25 percent are found.

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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 Samambo
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