Samba is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Abderrahman Samba (born 1995), Qatari hurdler Anton Samba (born 1982), Indonesian footballer Bindi Hindowa Samba, Sierra Leonean paramount chief Brice Samba (born 1994), Congolese footballer Chéri Samba (born 1956), Congolese painter Cherno Samba (born 1985), Gambian-British footballer Christian Samba (born 1971), Congolese former football goalkeeper Christopher Samba (born 1984), French footballer Fatou Samba (born 1995), known mononymously as Fatou, Senegalese-Belgian rapper, singer-songwriter, and model based in South Korea, leader of the girl group Blackswan Floyd Samba (born 2009), English footballer Issa Samba (born 1998), French footballer Léopold Ismael Samba (1946–2022), Central African civil servant and diplomat Lionel Samba (born 1999), French footballer Martin-Paul Samba (1875–1914), Cameroonian collaborator with and later rebel against German rule Miatta Maria Samba (born 1971), Sierra Leonian jurist and judge of the International Criminal Court in The Hague Moussa Samba (born 1988), Mauritanian footballer Ousmane Samba (born 1988), Mauritanian footballer Simon Samba (1929–?), Central African politician Tresor Samba (born 2002), Swiss footballer Tyrone Samba (born 2007), English footballer