Samatunga Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Samatunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 43 | 1:368,603 | 19,020 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Samatunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samatunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samatunga occurs most in Zambia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samatunga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,944,094th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samatunga live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 368,603. In Zambia Samatunga is most prevalent in: Lusaka Province, where 60 percent are found, North-Western Province, where 14 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 12 percent are found. Barring Zambia it exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siamatunga | 95 | 1 | / |
| Samatuga | 94 | 8 | / |
| Somatunga | 89 | 4 | / |
| Zamatunga | 89 | 1 | / |
| Samatuhyna | 84 | 3 | / |
| Samuitunga | 84 | 1 | / |
| Somathunga | 84 | 1 | / |
| Samotuga | 82 | 93 | / |
| Sematungo | 78 | 162 | / |
| Shamatona | 78 | 1 | / |
| Samatongi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Samotuhyna | 74 | 31 | / |
| Saumaitoga | 74 | 4 | / |
| Chamatunge | 74 | 1 | / |
| Siamatongo | 74 | 1 | / |
| Samotugo | 71 | 5 | / |
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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 Samatunga
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