Samatebele Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Samatebele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Samatebele Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia501:316,99817,478
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Samatebele Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Samatebele Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Samatebele is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Samatebele.

How Common Is The Last Name Samatebele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,661,929th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Samatebele reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Samatebele is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 316,998. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 68 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 10 percent reside and Eastern Province, where 8 percent reside. Not including Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shamatebele9577/
Siamatebwele912/
Samatobela802/
Samedbeyli702/
Saimaitibaila611/

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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 Samatebele
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