Sambouw Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Sambouw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sambouw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1801:734,71856,575
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Sambouw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sambouw is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sambouw? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,267,784th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. Sambouw is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sambouw live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 734,718. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: North Sulawesi, where 87 percent are found, West Java, where 9 percent are found and Central Sulawesi, where 3 percent are found. Besides Indonesia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sambow92813/
Shambow8636/
Sambowa869/
Sambuwe866/
Sambauw863/
Sanbouw861/
Schambow80101/
Sammpouw8019/
Shambouf801/
Shamboub801/
Sambov7713/
Sambob7712/
Sambaw7712/
Sanbow772/
Zambow771/
Sambof771/
Sambuev71923/
Sambawe7164/
Shambov7110/
Samboev715/
Sombowa714/
Samboib714/
Sambhaw712/
Sambaaw711/
Shanbow711/
Sambovt711/
Siambaw711/
Shombow711/
Shambova6727/
Shambuev6724/
Sambeyaw6716/
Shambhaw674/
Schanbow673/
Sambayaw671/
Shambaew671/
Sambaiew671/
Sambhubh671/

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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 Sambouw
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