Samatamba Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Samatamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 79 | 1:200,632 | 13,107 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Samatamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samatamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samatamba occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samatamba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,106,139th most common last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The last name Samatamba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samatamba live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 200,632. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 47 percent live, Southern Province, where 44 percent live and Central Province, where 5 percent live. Apart from Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siamatamba | 95 | 5 | / |
| Samatemba | 89 | 665 | / |
| Somatamba | 89 | 59 | / |
| Camatamba | 89 | 1 | / |
| Samatambo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Shamatemba | 84 | 71 | / |
| Somathamba | 84 | 28 | / |
| Siamatambo | 84 | 1 | / |
| Shamatambo | 84 | 1 | / |
| Samatombo | 78 | 5 | / |
| Somatambo | 78 | 4 | / |
| Samatembo | 78 | 4 | / |
| Samatombi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chamatambe | 74 | 9 | / |
| Shamatembo | 74 | 2 | / |
| Somathambo | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shamatombi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chamatombo | 63 | 3 | / |
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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 Samatamba
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