Samangu Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Samangu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 129 | 1:410,400 | 28,884 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
The alternate forms: Samangü (1) are calculated separately.
Samangu (10) may also be a first name.
Samangu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samangu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samangu occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be found as: Samangü. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samangu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,441,361st most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname Samangu is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Samangu reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 410,400. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mwanza Region, where 98 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 1 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 4 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 Samangu
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