Samba Surname
Approximately 333,743 people bear this surname
Samba Surname Definition:
Samba is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: talk.
Samba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central African Republic | 118,203 | 1:38 | 11 |
| DR Congo | 50,486 | 1:1,463 | 133 |
| Congo | 45,105 | 1:111 | 4 |
| Mauritania | 25,489 | 1:161 | 22 |
| Angola | 19,916 | 1:1,355 | 242 |
| Senegal | 11,689 | 1:1,247 | 140 |
| Sierra Leone | 10,509 | 1:675 | 127 |
| Cameroon | 8,496 | 1:2,445 | 269 |
| Gambia | 6,175 | 1:311 | 74 |
| Burkina Faso | 4,058 | 1:4,522 | 526 |
| Kenya | 3,456 | 1:13,362 | 1,648 |
| Tanzania | 2,778 | 1:19,057 | 2,422 |
| Zambia | 2,627 | 1:6,033 | 721 |
| Chad | 2,600 | 1:5,228 | 794 |
| Niger | 2,304 | 1:8,330 | 655 |
| Benin | 2,167 | 1:4,770 | 631 |
| India | 1,880 | 1:408,014 | 21,503 |
| Gabon | 1,617 | 1:1,168 | 193 |
| France | 1,589 | 1:41,802 | 5,256 |
| Nigeria | 1,525 | 1:116,159 | 7,693 |
| Indonesia | 1,521 | 1:86,949 | 9,120 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,243 | 1:18,561 | 1,416 |
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| Morocco | 716 | 1:48,151 | 7,863 |
| Mali | 710 | 1:23,900 | 839 |
| Papua New Guinea | 678 | 1:12,026 | 1,099 |
| Egypt | 641 | 1:143,426 | 11,189 |
| Algeria | 477 | 1:80,989 | 12,749 |
| Malawi | 471 | 1:36,346 | 5,352 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| United States | 387 | 1:936,586 | 70,075 |
| Uganda | 283 | 1:137,948 | 12,525 |
| Nepal | 270 | 1:105,485 | 2,155 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| South Africa | 207 | 1:261,728 | 26,279 |
| Liberia | 196 | 1:22,493 | 2,218 |
| Zimbabwe | 185 | 1:83,450 | 12,162 |
| England | 169 | 1:329,693 | 24,334 |
| Spain | 144 | 1:324,667 | 19,093 |
| Namibia | 133 | 1:18,116 | 3,169 |
| Russia | 106 | 1:1,359,651 | 95,867 |
| Philippines | 84 | 1:1,205,217 | 94,524 |
| Brazil | 82 | 1:2,610,663 | 78,641 |
| Israel | 75 | 1:114,102 | 12,745 |
| Malaysia | 66 | 1:446,882 | 22,856 |
| Mongolia | 65 | 1:43,466 | 3,839 |
| Iran | 61 | 1:1,258,730 | 53,327 |
| Canada | 46 | 1:800,991 | 62,809 |
| Bhutan | 37 | 1:16,650 | 441 |
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| Netherlands | 30 | 1:562,906 | 50,501 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Turkey | 24 | 1:3,242,559 | 89,463 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 1:357,083 | 27,273 |
| Italy | 22 | 1:2,779,849 | 97,128 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Taiwan | 16 | 1:1,465,297 | 9,806 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 15 | 1:11,828 | 740 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 1:432,005 | 185 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Sambá (2) & Sambã (1) are calculated separately.
Samba (295,816) may also be a first name.
Samba Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Samba is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: talk.
Samba Demographics
Average Samba Salary in
United States
$35,207 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Samba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samba (Arabic: صامبا, Bengali: সম্বা, Georgian: სამბა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺐ, Hindi: सम्बा, Marathi: संबा, Oriya: ସା, Russian: Самба, Tibetan: བསམ་བྷ།) is most common in Central African Republic. It can also appear as a variant: Sambá or Sambã. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samba is the 1,640th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,836 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Samba are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 36 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Samba is also the 3,560th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 295,816 people.
This surname is most frequent in Central African Republic, where it is held by 118,203 people, or 1 in 38. Barring Central African Republic this last name is found in 108 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and The Congo, where 14 percent live.
Samba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Buddhist (86%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (85%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Samba last name are 2.7% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.93% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Samba earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 17.31% less than the national average, earning 286,159 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 65.04% less than the national average, earning R 83,088 per year; in United States they earn 18.41% less than the national average, earning $35,207 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.73% less than the national average, earning $36,404 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samba in the Georgian language | ||
| სამბა | samba | - |
| Samba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﺐ | smb | 91.04 |
| ﺻﻤﺒﺎ | smba | 4.26 |
| ﺻﻤﺒﻪ | smbh | 3.72 |
| ﺻﺎﻣﺒﺎ | samba | 0.14 |
| ﺻﺎﻣﺐ | samb | 0.07 |
| ﺻﻤﺒﻲ | smby | 0.02 |
| ﺻﻤﺒﻦ | smbn | 0.01 |
| ﺻﻨﻤﺐ | snmb | 0.01 |
| ﺻﻤﺒﻮ | smbw | 0.01 |
| ﺻﻨﺒﺎ | snba | 0.01 |
| Samba in the Marathi language | ||
| संबा | samba | 87.1 |
| सांबा | samba | 11.1 |
| संभा | sambha | 0.45 |
| समु | samu | 0.08 |
| सामबा | samaba | 0.08 |
| सबा | saba | 0.08 |
| सांभा | sambha | 0.08 |
| शाबां | sabam | 0.04 |
| Samba in the Bengali language | ||
| সম্বা | samba | 58.82 |
| সম্ভা | sambha | 11.76 |
| সমবা | samaba | 11.76 |
| সম্ভারানী | sambharani | 5.88 |
| শম্ভা | sambha | 5.88 |
| শাম্ব | samba | 5.88 |
| Samba in the Tibetan language | ||
| བསམ་བྷ། | sambha | 55.56 |
| བསམ་བ། | samwa | 16.67 |
| བསམ་བྷ་ | sambha | 5.56 |
| བསམ་པ་ | sampa | 5.56 |
| བསམ་བཱ་ | samba | 2.78 |
| སམ་མྦྷ། | sammbha | 2.78 |
| སམ་བཱ་ | samba | 2.78 |
| བསམ་བ་ | samwa | 2.78 |
| བསམ་པ། | sampa | 2.78 |
| སམས་བཱ། | samba | 2.78 |
| Samba in the Oriya language | ||
| ସା | sa | 51.7 |
| ସାା | saa | 17.05 |
| ଶାା | saa | 9.09 |
| ଶା | sa | 8.52 |
| ଶବର | sabara | 2.84 |
| ସ-ା | sa-a | 0.57 |
| ତାମିର | tamira | 0.57 |
| ସାମଲ | samala | 0.57 |
| ଶିବା | siba | 0.57 |
| ସାଆଁା | sa'ama | 0.57 |
| ଶିବ | siba | 0.57 |
| ବଚା | baca | 0.57 |
| Samba in the Hindi language | ||
| सम्बा | samba | 48.89 |
| संबा | samba | 13.33 |
| समबा | samaba | 11.11 |
| सामबा | samaba | 8.89 |
| साम्बा | samba | 6.67 |
| सांबा | samba | 4.44 |
| एम | ema | 2.22 |
| सम्ब | samba | 2.22 |
| शम्बा | samba | 2.22 |
| Samba in the Russian language | ||
| Самба | samba | - |
| Samba in the Arabic language | ||
| صامبا | samba | - |
| سامبا | samba | - |
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