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

Sambourou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻤﺒﻮﺭﻭ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sambourou? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,909,720th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. Sambourou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Sambourou are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 458,892nd most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 360 people.

The last name is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 204,743. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 80 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 20 percent reside. Besides Mauritania it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 33 percent reside and Benin, where 16 percent reside.

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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  • 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 Sambourou
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