Sambourou Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Sambourou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sambourou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania201:204,74310,209
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sambourou (360) may also be a first name.

Sambourou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sambourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﺒﻮﺭﻭ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sambourou.

How Common Is The Last Name Sambourou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,909,720th most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Sambourou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sambourou reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Sambourou is also the 458,892nd most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 360 people.

Sambourou is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 204,743. In Mauritania it is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 80 percent live and Trarza Region, where 20 percent live. Apart from Mauritania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent live and Benin, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sambourou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sambourou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﻤﺒﻮﺭﻭsmbwrw40
ﺻﻤﺒﻮﺭﻭsmbwrw30
ﺳﻤﺒﻮﺭsmbwr10
ﺳﺎﻣﺒﻮﺭﻭsambwrw10
ﺻﺎﻣﺒﻮﺭﻭsambwrw10

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sambourou
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