Samakau Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Samakau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Samakau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samakau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samakau is found most in Zambia. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samakau? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Samakau live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 36 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,169,984. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 80 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 20 percent live. Aside from Zambia Samakau occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 29 percent live and India, where 21 percent live.
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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 Samakau
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