Samuba Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zambia

Samuba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samuba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Samuba (10) may also be a first name.

Samuba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Samuba (Hindi: समुबा, Marathi: समुबा) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samuba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Samuba reside; 40 percent reside in Southern Africa and 40 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 10 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Samuba is primarily found in: Kebbi, where 50 percent reside and Ogun, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 40 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Samuba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samuba in the Hindi language
समुबाsamuba-
Samuba in the Marathi language
समुबाsamuba66.67
सामूबाsamuba33.33

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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 Samuba
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