Sambo is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sambo
No. of characters: 5
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sambo

How popular is Sambo?

Sambo is common in South Africa.

Sambo is ranked 2917 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sambos grew by 22.22222 per cent to 385 since 2000 and ranked 53667 after elevating 6249 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
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 31.43 30.79
White 27.53 33.65
Black 23.64 26.35
Hispanic or Latino 9.35 0
Others 5.19 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.86 4.76
Sambo is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Mozambique is ahead in terms of density. Around 188605 people have been found who wears Sambo as their family name. Sambo is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,373 Sudan6
3,259 Ivory Coast5
8,438 China5
1,078 Togo5
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
5,779 Uganda4
1,162 Madagascar4
513 Sierra Leone4
110 Central African Republic3
5,051 Tajikistan3
30,723 Georgia3
2,720 South Korea3
4,689 Maldives2
4,164 Vietnam2
31,767 Greece2
568 The Gambia2
9,272 Ecuador2
35,969 Denmark2
10,395 Latvia2
28,083 Romania2
17,547 Colombia2
16,640 Hong Kong1
38,063 Mauritania1
6,149 Ethiopia1
91,024 Belgium1
7,314 Bolivia1
8,181 Botswana1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
29,046 Japan1
14,373 Jordan1
77,122 Sweden1
3,243 Suriname1
11,510 Oman1
24,421 Slovakia1
9,591 Panama1
24,460 Armenia1
38,830 Morocco1
2,309 Monaco1
16,283 Lithuania1
12,270 Lebanon1
1,970 Grenada1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,013 Senegal50
8,316 Portugal46
7,279 Wales45
23,537 Switzerland45
50,912 Kazakhstan43
6,551 Qatar39
1,135 Iceland35
9,620 Singapore30
14,963 Scotland26
63,662 Spain26
11,387 Ireland22
28,338 Norway20
64,976 Belarus13
559,154 India12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
62,903 Ukraine75
2,783 Jamaica71
5,314 Kuwait70
49,493 Canada62
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
3,517 Puerto Rico54
Countries with hundreds of Sambo:
1,742 Zimbabwe976
3,402 Ghana879
10,246 England624
4,485 Netherlands589
9,056 Kenya549
227 Swaziland509
53,090 United States494
28,225 Brazil429
32,528 France306
11,234 Uzbekistan303
38,477 Germany269
11,767 Saudi Arabia269
56,722 Russia242
2,926 Dominican Republic180
11,447 Malaysia152
10,984 Venezuela125
21,301 Australia117
Countries with thousands of Sambo:
285 Niger7,140
1,122 Tanzania4,609
505 Zambia3,162
1,154 Cameroon2,974
4,824 Philippines2,836
7,324 Italy1,478
9,405 Indonesia1,359
1,089 Burkina Faso1,352
1,400 Benin1,289
5,363 Egypt1,226
Countries with ten thousands of Sambo:
450 Nigeria55,479
72 Mozambique39,202
138 Cambodia17,588
141 Angola16,407
109 Malawi13,692
630 South Africa10,867
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Y. Sambo worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 31 years old embarked for USA from Fiume, Naples & Palermo on Elysia and arrived on May 5, 1891.

Sambo Namesakes

  • Massamba Sambou, Soccer player
  • Maman Sambo Sidikou, Politician
  • Ava Elizabeth Sambora, Model
  • Massamba Sambou, Soccer player
  • Richie Sambora, Guitarist
  • Nicholas Sambourn, Politician
  • Gerson Sambo, Soccer player
  • Namadi Sambo, Former Vice President of Nigeria
  • Isabelle Sambou, Olympic athlete
  • Richie Sambora, Guitarist
  • Paul Sambo, from 0 action and drama flick 12 Noon, who played the Danger.

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