Samakala Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Samakala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samakala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Samakala (43) may also be a first name.

Samakala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Samakala (Hindi: समकाला, Marathi: सामकला) is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Samakala.

How Common Is The Last Name Samakala? popularity and diffusion

The last name Samakala is the 5,812,366th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Samakala live; 55 percent live in Southern Africa and 55 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Samakala is also the 1,545,828th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 43 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 2,641,654. In Zambia Samakala is primarily found in: Lusaka Province, where 83 percent live and Western Province, where 17 percent live. Beside Zambia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 18 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Samakala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samakala in the Marathi language
सामकलाsamakala83.33
समकलाsamakala16.67
Samakala in the Hindi language
समकालाsamakala60
समकलाsamakala20
सामकालाsamakala20

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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
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  • 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 Samakala
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