Hi Peridon,

As requested, please find source below:

African Languages and Ebonics by Dr. Katherine Harris, Central Connecticut State University.  Africa Update. Vol. IV, no. 3 (Summer 1997) Pan-African Language Patterns Revisited:  

"The erosion of African names also occurred. Samba, meaning comfort in Wolof, is still recalled in musical form in Brazil, where there remains a strong African presence. A possible derivation of Samba is Zambo (Southern/Central Africa), which also means to give comfort. Other derivatives are Sambu in Mandinka and Sambo in Hausa. The fact that the name was at one time fairly common and no longer used may have relationship to a song popularized by white Americans during the war from 1861-1865, "Sambo's Right To Be Kilt," and especially the derogatory usage of the name enshrined in the book Little Black Sambo."

http://web.ccsu.edu/afstudy/upd4-3.html

Some Africans personalities with the surname/first name Samba/Samb/ Sambe/Zambo:

Amadou Samba:  Chairman of Gacem Co Ltd
http://gambia.gtbank.com/amadou_samba.php 

Samba Diabe Sambe {Samba}: one of the last remaining Xalam players.
http://www.bloodsugar-diabetic.com/2011/07/05/ndiaga-mbaye-samba-diabe-sambe-boucounta-ndiaye/

Professor Benoît Ndi-Zambo: Cameroon

Philippe Mballa Zambo:  Footballer from Cameroon 
Here is television interview of the man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295lG-1Ugww 

This article must be deleted immediately or a disambiguation tag added to it (as in the Samba Dance article).  I call for the former because the name is African in origin and in African society, it does not mean what this article is purporting it to mean. 

Thank you 

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