Samalesu Surname
Approximately 2,888 people bear this surname
Samalesu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 2,770 | 1:5,722 | 689 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Samalesu (54) may also be a first name.
Samalesu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samalesu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samalesu occurs in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samalesu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 152,385th most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,523,388 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samalesu live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly held first name globally, held by 54 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 2,770 people, or 1 in 5,722. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 70 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 21 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 6 percent are found. Barring Zambia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Samalesu
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