The Samb surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 139 people carried this name — #116,123 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
72 people named Samb live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 59 people named Samb live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Samb.
Most of them — 35 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Samb in American newspapers,
1899–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,681 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Samb,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sylvestre Simon Samb 1969– · writer -
Elhadji Mour Samb 1994– · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 16 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Samb.
- Saly 204 · U.S. census
- Salzmann 695 · U.S. census
- Sam 9,600 · U.S. census
- Sama 644 · U.S. census
- Samar 261 · U.S. census
- Samara 722 · U.S. census
- Samba 204 · U.S. census
- Samedi 253 · U.S. census
- Sammartano 194 · U.S. census
- Sammartino 721 · U.S. census
- Sammut 414 · U.S. census
- Samour 104 · U.S. census
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