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
Average Sambu Salary in
United States
$40,333 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sambu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambu (Bengali: সম্বু, Hindi: सम्बू, Marathi: संबु, Oriya: ସୁନାଏକ, Russian: Самбу, Tibetan: བསམ་བུ་) is found in Guinea-Bissau more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Sambú. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 13,083rd most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 170,143 people. This last name 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. It is also the 78,562nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 6,868 people.
The surname Sambu is most frequently occurring in Guinea-Bissau, where it is borne by 25,351 people, or 1 in 68. Beside Guinea-Bissau it exists in 60 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found and Kenya, where 9 percent are found.
Sambu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly 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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