Samahina Surname
Approximately 338 people bear this surname
Samahina Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 241 | 1:65,767 | 5,830 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| Namibia | 28 | 1:86,050 | 7,998 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
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
The last name Samahina occurs most in Zambia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Samahina.
How Common Is The Last Name Samahina? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 821,713th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 21,560,787 people. It 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. It is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.
It is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 241 people, or 1 in 65,767. In Zambia Samahina is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 74 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 22 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Zambia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 11 percent are found and Namibia, where 8 percent are found.
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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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