Sambar

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/sˈæmbɑː/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sambar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 9.1M(measured from records)
  • DMDominica1 in 37K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 831K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (measured from records)

145 people

Sources
29 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)

Dominica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sambar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sambar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India1451 in 9.1M145Sambar29
FR France≈82 est.≈1 in 831K28——
US United States≈51 est.≈1 in 6.5Mlisted—6
CH Switzerland41 in 2.1M4——
DM Dominica21 in 37K2——

145 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sambar is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Šambar

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Šambar

  • Croatian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Šambar

  • French given name25 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Senegal, United States, Sweden

    Languages: French, Arabic, Khmer

    Also written Samba, Šämbã, Šămbã, Sàmbà, Sãmba

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Sambar is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In zlm, pouncing to seize and carry off; suggests the use of teeth, nails or talons and is used of hawks, crocodiles, sharks, dragons, etc.

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In English, A Southeast Asian deer (Rusa unicolor).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Finnish, sambar, Rusa unicolor (species of deer)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Formalआदरणीय श्री Sambar जी,Respected Sambar ji, (English)
Informalनमस्ते Sambar जी,Hi Sambar, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Sambar
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—145#22,147
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196131—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199128—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195128—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198119—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194118—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191118—
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—17#69,645
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197116—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192113—
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—13#20,839
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—12#1,936

Reference works 1

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Sambar?
A machine transcription gives /sˈæmbɑː/ (IPA) for Hindi.
In which country does Sambar have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 145 people named Sambar, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sambar.
Where is Sambar most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sambar is densest in Dominica — about 1 in 37 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Sambar?
In India, the national register counted 145 people named Sambar, about 1 in 9.1 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sambar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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