Samakanda Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Samakanda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 156 | 1:101,602 | 8,098 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
Samakanda (33) may also be a first name.
Samakanda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samakanda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samakanda is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samakanda? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,248,410th most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samakanda live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequent given name in the world, held by 33 people.
It is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 101,602. In Zambia Samakanda is most frequent in: Western Province, where 53 percent are found, North-Western Province, where 26 percent are found and Southern Province, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Zambia Samakanda is found in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shamakanda | 95 | 199 | / |
| Siamakanda | 95 | 114 | / |
| Samakande | 89 | 1,415 | / |
| Samakando | 89 | 55 | / |
| Samakandi | 89 | 14 | / |
| Zamakanda | 89 | 2 | / |
| Camakanda | 89 | 1 | / |
| Samekanda | 89 | 1 | / |
| Samakonda | 89 | 1 | / |
| Siamakando | 84 | 198 | / |
| Chamakanda | 84 | 146 | / |
| Shamakando | 84 | 6 | / |
| Sammakonda | 84 | 4 | / |
| Siamakonda | 84 | 1 | / |
| Siamakande | 84 | 1 | / |
| Chamakhanda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Samakonde | 78 | 191 | / |
| Samakondi | 78 | 88 | / |
| Zemakanda | 78 | 1 | / |
| Samakondo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sammaskandeh | 76 | 8 | / |
| Siamakondo | 74 | 110 | / |
| Shamakondo | 74 | 42 | / |
| Shamakonde | 74 | 1 | / |
| Siamakonde | 74 | 1 | / |
| Zamakhande | 74 | 1 | / |
| Jomakonda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chamakonde | 63 | 29 | / |
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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 Samakanda
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis