Samboma Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Botswana

Samboma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samboma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1881:84,3087,077
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Namibia261:92,6698,353
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Samboma (12) may also be a first name.

Samboma Last Name Facts

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

Samboma occurs most in Zambia. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Samboma? popularity and diffusion

Samboma is the 996,001st most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samboma reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Samboma is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used forename world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.

The last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 188 people, or 1 in 84,308. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 51 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 34 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 10 percent reside. Other than Zambia this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 13 percent reside and Namibia, where 10 percent reside.

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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 Samboma
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