Sambongo Surname
Approximately 2,431 people bear this surname
Sambongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 1,972 | 1:13,686 | 1,647 |
| Zambia | 258 | 1:61,434 | 5,541 |
| Benin | 117 | 1:88,338 | 10,310 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Sambongo (14) may also be a first name.
Sambongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sambongo is more frequently found in Angola than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambongo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 176,101st most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,997,756 people. The surname Sambongo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sambongo live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name in the world, held by 14 people.
The surname Sambongo is most frequently used in Angola, where it is held by 1,972 people, or 1 in 13,686. Barring Angola it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 11 percent live and Benin, where 5 percent live.
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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 Sambongo
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