Samba is used as a family name or surname in Senegal. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Samba
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Senegal
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Samba

How popular is Samba?

Samba is common in Senegal.

Samba is ranked 3801 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sambas grew by 81.86275 per cent to 371 since 2000 and ranked 55386 after elevating 29911 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 84.37 78.43
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 8.36 4.41
White 3.5 0
Others 2.7 10.78
Samba is quite popular family name mostly used in Democratic Republic of The Congo while Mauritania is ahead in terms of density. Around 143545 people have been found who wears Samba as their family name. Samba is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
153,990 Australia7
98,953 Belarus7
13 Central African Republic7
5,340 Iceland6
2,480 Malawi5
8,438 China5
2,491 Zambia5
5,779 Uganda4
941 Liberia3
10,686 Costa Rica3
30,723 Georgia3
10,329 Pakistan3
6,774 Slovenia3
1,136 Mali2
21,929 Algeria2
5,859 Mauritius2
178 Guinea-Bissau2
9,272 Ecuador2
41,879 Turkey2
2,085 Nepal2
18,625 Japan2
17,547 Colombia2
23,344 Austria2
34,681 Norway2
95,312 Argentina2
14,618 Guyana1
174,544 Czech Republic1
1,253 Burundi1
734 Chad1
5,872 Namibia1
2,190 Barbados1
16,228 Bulgaria1
7,292 Vietnam1
56,169 Mexico1
14,373 Jordan1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
11,510 Oman1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
66,560 Philippines1
24,176 Qatar1
235 São Tomé and Príncipe1
31,207 Ireland1
38,841 Scotland1
29,595 Iran1
36,678 Singapore1
42,479 Greece1
25,746 Finland1
7,191 Afghanistan1
49,101 Denmark1
12,745 Luxembourg1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
86,745 Ukraine50
41,360 Netherlands49
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
26,164 Sweden36
11,444 Portugal28
9,757 Nigeria15
113,815 Kazakhstan14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
22,440 Belgium74
46,183 Canada68
17,456 Switzerland63
Countries with hundreds of Samba:
5,463 Morocco940
4,052 Ghana719
7,880 Egypt715
291 Gabon644
65,753 United States380
34,330 Germany303
24,304 South Africa237
13,453 Saudi Arabia231
22,458 England226
17,602 Spain178
78,913 Russia159
11,924 Zimbabwe156
53,156 Italy134
7,748 Tunisia132
13,194 Malaysia126
Countries with thousands of Samba:
291 Niger6,917
425 Cameroon6,740
363 Angola6,603
127 Sierra Leone6,018
74 The Gambia4,353
1,363 Kenya4,159
580 Burkina Faso3,418
2,081 Tanzania2,578
3,383 France2,302
1,251 Ivory Coast2,046
21,275 India1,921
1,077 Benin1,757
9,269 Indonesia1,382
12,550 Brazil1,081
Countries with ten thousands of Samba:
166 Democratic Republic of The Congo38,415
25 Mauritania18,284
7 Congo17,092
124 Senegal12,646
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Samba Namesakes

  • Adithya Sambamurthy , TV Producer
  • Andri Syahrial Sambas, Ine Sinthya's ex-husband
  • Arthi Sambasivan, Film actress
  • P. D. Sambandam, Actor
  • P. D. Sambandam, Actor
  • Christopher Samba, Soccer player
  • Brice Samba, Soccer player
  • Christian Brice Samba, Soccer player
  • Cyriaque Samba-Panza, Politician
  • Cyriaque Samba-Panza, Politician
  • In 2018, Makita Samba portrayed the role of Angelo 4 in drama and history film Angelo.

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