Sambuku Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sambuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sambuku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Indonesia301:4,408,306217,989
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Sambuku (17) may also be a first name.

Sambuku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sambuku (Russian: Самбуку) is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sambuku? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,352,516th most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Sambuku is predominantly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Sambuku are found; 47 percent are found in Southern Africa and 47 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sambuku is also the 2,694,839th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 17 people.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 1,747,668. In South Africa Sambuku is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 90 percent are found, Gauteng, where 3 percent are found and Limpopo, where 3 percent are found. Other than South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 45 percent are found and Tanzania, where 6 percent are found.

Sambuku Last Name Statistics demography

Sambuku earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 97.63% less than the national average, earning R 5,640 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sambauku933/
Samboukou881/
Samboku862/
Samvuku861/
Sembuku861/
Zambuku861/
Zam'bukhu751/
Sanboku711,235/
Cambucu711/
Çamboku711/
Sambokou673/
Sambokau672/
Sombaukoo631/
Zoumboukou591/

Sambuku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sambuku in the Russian language
Самбукуsambuku-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sambuku
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