Sambamba Surname

937,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 280 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Sambamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sambamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2531:292,01426,830
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430

Sambamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sambamba occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sambamba? popularity and diffusion

Sambamba is the 937,786th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. Sambamba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sambamba are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 292,014. Aside from The DR Congo this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 8 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.

Sambamba Last Name Statistics demography

Sambamba earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 85.77% more than the national average, earning R 441,468 per year.

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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 Sambamba
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