Samanga Surname
Approximately 2,166 people bear this surname
Samanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,509 | 1:10,231 | 1,284 |
| DR Congo | 349 | 1:211,689 | 20,903 |
| Zambia | 175 | 1:90,571 | 7,461 |
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Samanga (60) may also be a first name.
Samanga Demographics
Average Samanga Salary in
South Africa
R 2,154,500
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Samanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samanga (Hindi: समन्गा, Marathi: समंगा, Oriya: ସାମା) is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Samanga.
How Common Is The Last Name Samanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 194,057th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,364,518 people. The surname Samanga is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Samanga are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Samanga is also the 1,270,172nd most common forename at a global level, borne by 60 people.
Samanga is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,509 people, or 1 in 10,231. In Zimbabwe Samanga is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 58 percent live, Harare Province, where 31 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 3 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name is found in 24 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and Zambia, where 8 percent live.
Samanga Last Name Statistics demography
Samanga earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 806.63% more than the national average, earning R 2,154,500 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samanga in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାମା | sama | - |
| Samanga in the Marathi language | ||
| समंगा | samanga | - |
| Samanga in the Hindi language | ||
| समन्गा | saman'ga | 50 |
| समंगा | samanga | 50 |
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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 Samanga
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