Sambou Surname
Approximately 54,666 people bear this surname
Sambou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 34,325 | 1:425 | 74 |
| Gambia | 15,879 | 1:121 | 31 |
| Congo | 881 | 1:5,663 | 887 |
| Mauritania | 865 | 1:4,734 | 568 |
| Niger | 541 | 1:35,475 | 1,954 |
| France | 433 | 1:153,401 | 23,818 |
| Benin | 325 | 1:31,802 | 4,172 |
| Guinea | 306 | 1:38,673 | 597 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Cameroon | 204 | 1:101,809 | 12,019 |
| Spain | 128 | 1:365,250 | 20,590 |
| United States | 113 | 1:3,207,601 | 184,423 |
| England | 79 | 1:705,292 | 39,851 |
| Belgium | 57 | 1:201,696 | 26,362 |
| Indonesia | 55 | 1:2,404,531 | 143,692 |
| Ivory Coast | 50 | 1:461,425 | 15,070 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Sambou (14,415) may also be a first name.
Sambou Demographics
Average Sambou Salary in
United States
$41,221 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sambou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sambou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻤﺒﻮ, Marathi: संबोउ) is found most in Senegal. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,297th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 133,310 people. The surname Sambou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sambou are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Sambou is also the 47,673rd most common first name on earth, held by 14,415 people.
The last name Sambou is most commonly held in Senegal, where it is borne by 34,325 people, or 1 in 425. In Senegal it is mostly concentrated in: Ziguinchor Region, where 58 percent reside, Dakar Region, where 23 percent reside and Thiès Region, where 5 percent reside. Beside Senegal Sambou occurs in 49 countries. It is also found in The Gambia, where 29 percent reside and The Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Sambou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sambou surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sambou earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 30.36% less than the national average, earning 241,018 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.47% less than the national average, earning $41,221 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.01% less than the national average, earning $25,334 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambou in the Marathi language | ||
| संबोउ | sambo'u | - |
| Sambou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻤﺒﻮ | smbw | 83.2 |
| ﺻﺎﻣﺒﻮ | sambw | 9.77 |
| ﺻﻤﺐ | smb | 3.91 |
| ﺻﻤﺒﻮﻩ | smbwh | 0.78 |
| ﺻﻨﺒﻮ | snbw | 0.78 |
| ﺳﺎﻣﺒﻮ | sambw | 0.39 |
| ﺍﺻﻤﺒﻮ | asmbw | 0.39 |
| ﺻﻤﺒﻪ | smbh | 0.39 |
| ﺻﻨﻤﺐ | snmb | 0.39 |
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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 Sambou
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