The Samba surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 371 people carried this name — #55,386 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 82% from 204 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 196 people named Samba.
Most of them — 123 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 71 people named Samba 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 East Flanders.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
52 people named Samba live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
66 people named Samba is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Samba,
with a public archive behind them.
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Martin-Paul Samba 1875–1914 · military personnel -
Yusupha Samba 1929–2002 · politician
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Joseph Samba Mascott 1941–1991 · musician
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Adama Samba 1951– · association football coach
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Mokhtar Samba 1960– · composer
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Josammy Samba Ganga 1969– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Samba.
- Salzmann 681 · U.S. census
- Sam 12,053 · U.S. census
- Sama 854 · U.S. census
- Samar 303 · U.S. census
- Samara 872 · U.S. census
- Samb 276 · U.S. census
- Samedi 381 · U.S. census
- Sammartano 217 · U.S. census
- Sammartino 747 · U.S. census
- Sammut 441 · U.S. census
- Samour 134 · U.S. census
- Samoy 195 · U.S. census
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