Samanyika Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Samanyika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 411 | 1:37,563 | 5,822 |
| Zambia | 21 | 1:754,758 | 27,278 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samanyika (11) may also be a first name.
Samanyika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samanyika Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samanyika is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samanyika? popularity and diffusion
Samanyika is the 671,677th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 16,376,508 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Samanyika reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.
The surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 411 people, or 1 in 37,563. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 60 percent live, Harare Province, where 20 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 7 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe Samanyika exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 5 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.
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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 Samanyika
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