Sambu Surname
Approximately 42,832 people bear this surname
Sambu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea-Bissau | 25,351 | 1:68 | 22 |
| DR Congo | 8,435 | 1:8,759 | 1,085 |
| Kenya | 3,992 | 1:11,568 | 1,459 |
| India | 1,578 | 1:486,100 | 24,666 |
| South Africa | 1,179 | 1:45,952 | 5,867 |
| Tanzania | 914 | 1:57,923 | 6,273 |
| Philippines | 439 | 1:230,611 | 35,291 |
| Indonesia | 237 | 1:558,013 | 44,900 |
| Papua New Guinea | 197 | 1:41,389 | 5,043 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Uganda | 54 | 1:722,950 | 35,796 |
| Russia | 52 | 1:2,771,597 | 154,559 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Namibia | 26 | 1:92,669 | 8,353 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Zambia | 19 | 1:834,206 | 28,447 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Cambodia | 11 | 1:1,407,922 | 6,192 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Cape Verde | 6 | 1:88,274 | 2,986 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Sambú (12) are calculated separately.
Sambu (6,868) may also be a first name.
Sambu Demographics
Sambu Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sambu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sambu (Bengali: সম্বু, Hindi: सम्बू, Marathi: संबु, Oriya: ସୁନାଏକ, Russian: Самбу, Tibetan: བསམ་བུ་) is borne by more people in Guinea-Bissau than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Sambú. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sambu.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambu? popularity and diffusion
Sambu is the 13,083rd most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 170,143 people. Sambu is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Sambu live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Luso-West Africa. Sambu is also the 78,562nd most common forename at a global level, borne by 6,868 people.
Sambu is most frequent in Guinea-Bissau, where it is carried by 25,351 people, or 1 in 68. Not including Guinea-Bissau this last name is found in 60 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Kenya, where 9 percent reside.
Sambu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Sambu last name is principally Buddhist (100%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Sambu earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 17.01% less than the national average, earning 287,224 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 46.63% less than the national average, earning R 126,828 per year and in United States they earn 6.53% less than the national average, earning $40,333 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambu in the Marathi language | ||
| संबु | sambu | 58.7 |
| संबू | sambu | 32.3 |
| सांबू | sambu | 3.42 |
| संभु | sambhu | 1.86 |
| सांबु | sambu | 0.62 |
| रामु | ramu | 0.31 |
| दंबू | dambu | 0.31 |
| संभू | sambhu | 0.31 |
| शंभू | sambhu | 0.31 |
| शंभु | sambhu | 0.31 |
| रामू | ramu | 0.31 |
| Sambu in the Tibetan language | ||
| བསམ་བུ་ | sambu | 50 |
| སམ་བུ་ | sambu | 33.33 |
| སོམ་བུ་ | sombu | 16.67 |
| Sambu in the Bengali language | ||
| সম্বু | sambu | 34.62 |
| শম্ভু | sambhu | 26.92 |
| সম্ভু | sambhu | 23.08 |
| শম্বু | sambu | 7.69 |
| শম্বুলক্ষ্মী | sambulaksmi | 3.85 |
| সম্ভূচরন | sambhucarana | 3.85 |
| Sambu in the Hindi language | ||
| सम्बू | sambu | 30.28 |
| सम्बु | sambu | 20.42 |
| शम्बु | sambu | 12.68 |
| शम्बू | sambu | 11.27 |
| संबू | sambu | 7.04 |
| संबु | sambu | 4.93 |
| शंबु | sambu | 2.82 |
| शम्भू | sambhu | 2.82 |
| समबू | samabu | 2.11 |
| साम्बु | sambu | 1.41 |
| साम्बू | sambu | 0.7 |
| शंबू | sambu | 0.7 |
| शाम्बु | sambu | 0.7 |
| साँबू | sambu | 0.7 |
| सम्भू | sambhu | 0.7 |
| श्ाम्बू | sambu | 0.7 |
| Sambu in the Oriya language | ||
| ସୁନାଏକ | suna'eka | 29.82 |
| ସୁସିଂ | susim | 22.81 |
| ସୁପସାଦ | supasada | 17.54 |
| ସୁେବେହରା | suebehara | 17.54 |
| ସାବ୍ା | saba | 1.75 |
| ସଜ଼୍ୁ | sazu | 1.75 |
| ସାହୁ | sahu | 1.75 |
| Sambu in the Russian language | ||
| Самбу | sambu | - |
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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 Sambu
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