Sambung Surname
Approximately 383 people bear this surname
Sambung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 371 | 1:356,467 | 30,784 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sambung (445) may also be a first name.
Sambung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sambung is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sambung.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambung? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sambung is the 749,861st most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 19,027,535 people. The last name Sambung is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sambung live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 406,288th most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 445 people.
The surname Sambung is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 371 people, or 1 in 356,467. In Indonesia Sambung is most common in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 32 percent are found, Central Kalimantan, where 30 percent are found and South Sumatra, where 24 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 3 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Sambung
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