Samahina Surname

821,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 338 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Samahina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samahina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2411:65,7675,830
Angola361:749,7002,649
Namibia281:86,0507,998
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Samahina (12) may also be a first name.

Samahina Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samahina Come From? nationality or country of origin

Samahina is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Samahina.

How Common Is The Last Name Samahina? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 821,713th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 21,560,787 people. The last name Samahina is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Samahina reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Samahina is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name at a global level, held by 12 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 241 people, or 1 in 65,767. In Zambia Samahina is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 74 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 22 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent are found. Besides Zambia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 11 percent are found and Namibia, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samohina88173/
Samahenga821/
Samaena805/
Somaeina751/
Comahinay711/
Samoena67241/
Samaeno6720/
Samaengo6358/
Sameenah6319/
Samaenoh632/
Shamaeno631/
Sahmeena631/
Shahmeena593/
Shameenah591/
Shahameena561/
Jamoena5337/
Giamoena501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Samahina
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