Sambourou Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Sambourou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambourou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻤﺒﻮﺭﻭ | smbwrw | 40 |
| ﺻﻤﺒﻮﺭﻭ | smbwrw | 30 |
| ﺳﻤﺒﻮﺭ | smbwr | 10 |
| ﺳﺎﻣﺒﻮﺭﻭ | sambwrw | 10 |
| ﺻﺎﻣﺒﻮﺭﻭ | sambwrw | 10 |
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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 Sambourou
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