Sambure Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Sambure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Latvia | 8 | 1:256,256 | 23,728 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Sambure (48) may also be a first name.
Sambure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambure Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sambure (Marathi: सांबुरे) is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambure? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sambure is the 1,817,111th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 61 percent of Sambure are found; 61 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 61 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Sambure is also the 1,448,253rd most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 48 people.
It is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 129,424. In Papua New Guinea Sambure is mostly found in: Morobe, where 40 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 33 percent live and Bougainville, where 16 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 24 percent live and Latvia, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambure Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambure in the Marathi language | ||
| सांबुरे | sambure | - |
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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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- 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 Sambure
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