Sambus Surname
Approximately 79 people bear this surname
Sambus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Sambus (69) may also be a first name.
Sambus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sambus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sambus (Marathi: बुस) is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sambus? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sambus is the 2,121,169th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 46 percent of Sambus are found; 41 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 39 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sambus is also the 1,171,416th most numerous first name on earth, held by 69 people.
Sambus is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea Sambus is primarily concentrated in: Morobe, where 70 percent live, Madang, where 17 percent live and East New Britain, where 4 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 28 percent live and The United States, where 24 percent live.
Sambus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sambus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sambus last name grew 950 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sambus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sambus in the Marathi language | ||
| बुस | busa | - |
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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 Sambus
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