Sambuli Surname

617,057th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Sambuli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sambuli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3201:144,31211,601
Papua New Guinea1601:50,9616,394
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sambuli (53) may also be a first name.

Sambuli Last Name Facts

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

Sambuli (Hindi: सम्बुली, Oriya: ସୁଲି) occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sambuli? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 617,057th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 14,604,300 people. The surname Sambuli occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Sambuli are found; 65 percent are found in East Africa and 62 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Sambuli is also the 1,366,219th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 53 people.

This surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 320 people, or 1 in 144,312. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 57 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 38 percent are found and Vihiga County, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.

Sambuli Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Sambuli surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sambuli Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sambuli in the Hindi language
सम्बुलीsambuli-
Sambuli in the Oriya language
ସୁଲିsuli50
ଶାୁଲିsauli33.33
ସାୁଲିsauli16.67

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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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  • 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 Sambuli
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