Samalama Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Samalama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 76 | 1:208,552 | 13,419 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
Samalama (31) may also be a first name.
Samalama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samalama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samalama (Marathi: समलमा, Oriya: ସାମଲାମା) is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samalama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,034,059th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name Samalama is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Samalama are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Samalama is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name globally, borne by 31 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 208,552. In Zambia Samalama is mostly concentrated in: Lusaka Province, where 70 percent are found, Western Province, where 22 percent are found and Central Province, where 1 percent are found. Barring Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samalamma | 94 | 101 | / |
| Shamalama | 94 | 6 | / |
| Samalaama | 94 | 1 | / |
| Shamalamma | 89 | 211 | / |
| Saamalamma | 89 | 4 | / |
| Sahmalamma | 89 | 1 | / |
| Samalema | 88 | 66 | / |
| Zamalama | 88 | 5 | / |
| Somalama | 88 | 5 | / |
| Samalame | 88 | 1 | / |
| Jamalama | 88 | 1 | / |
| Saimallamma | 84 | 3 | / |
| Shammalamma | 84 | 1 | / |
| Saamaalamma | 84 | 1 | / |
| Jamalamma | 82 | 149 | / |
| Somalamma | 82 | 74 | / |
| Chamalama | 82 | 24 | / |
| Samalaimi | 82 | 6 | / |
| Siamalamo | 82 | 2 | / |
| Samelamma | 82 | 1 | / |
| Jamallama | 82 | 1 | / |
| Jammalama | 82 | 1 | / |
| Somallama | 82 | 1 | / |
| Jammalamma | 78 | 8 | / |
| Chamalamma | 78 | 3 | / |
| Jamaalamma | 78 | 1 | / |
| Somallamma | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chamalamai | 78 | 1 | / |
| Somaloma | 75 | 21 | / |
| Samolamo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Somalema | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sommallamma | 74 | 9 | / |
| Jamailahmad | 74 | 1 | / |
| Samolamoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ssemalema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shamalomo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Somelamma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zamgalamou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Semalomo | 63 | 11 | / |
| Zomalami | 63 | 3 | / |
| Zamolema | 63 | 1 | / |
| Somhealahmed | 60 | 1 | / |
| Chamalomo | 59 | 1 | / |
Samalama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samalama in the Marathi language | ||
| समलमा | samalama | - |
| Samalama in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମଲାମା | samalama | 41.67 |
| ସମଲାମା | samalama | 41.67 |
| ସାମଲମା | samalama | 8.33 |
| ସାମାଲାମା | samalama | 8.33 |
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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
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- 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 Samalama
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