Sambau Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Sambau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 142 | 1:207,706 | 12,149 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sambau (80) may also be a first name.
Sambau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sambau (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺒﻮ, Hindi: सम्बौ) is most common in Malaysia. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,281,391st most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Sambau live; 82 percent live in Southeast Asia and 82 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,075,395th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 80 people.
The surname is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 207,706. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Sarawak, where 91 percent reside, Johor, where 3 percent reside and Perak, where 3 percent reside. Barring Malaysia Sambau occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambau in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﺒﻮ | smbw | - |
| Sambau in the Hindi language | ||
| सम्बौ | sambau | - |
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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 Sambau
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