Samalanji Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Samalanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 165 | 1:96,060 | 7,783 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samalanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samalanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samalanji is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Samalanji.
How Common Is The Last Name Samalanji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,343,156th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Samalanji reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 96,060. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: North-Western Province, where 52 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 46 percent reside and Central Province, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samalandji | 95 | 1 | / |
| Samalangi | 89 | 19 | / |
| Samalanje | 89 | 5 | / |
| Samalonji | 89 | 1 | / |
| Samallangi | 84 | 7 | / |
| Somalangi | 78 | 52 | / |
| Somolanji | 78 | 22 | / |
| Samalange | 78 | 1 | / |
| Shamalange | 74 | 1 | / |
| Saimallagnesh | 64 | 1 | / |
| Siemolanie | 63 | 1 | / |
| Chamalogne | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Samalanji
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