Saramba Surname

718,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 406 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Saramba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saramba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2371:223,38218,549
Kenya1071:431,58823,328
Zimbabwe341:454,06638,992
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Saramba (122) may also be a first name.

Saramba Last Name Facts

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

Saramba (Marathi: सरंबा) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Saramba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 718,674th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Saramba are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 79 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 844,248th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 122 people.

It is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 237 people, or 1 in 223,382. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mara Region, where 67 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 22 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 26 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent are found.

Saramba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Saramba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Saramba in the Marathi language
सरंबाsaramba-

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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 Saramba
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