Samihamba Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Samihamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 18 | 1:880,551 | 28,935 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samihamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samihamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samihamba is most common in Zambia. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samihamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Samihamba live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Samihamba is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 880,551. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 39 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 28 percent are found and North-Western Province, where 22 percent are found. Other than Zambia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samayomba | 78 | 8 | / |
| Samajomba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Samihombo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Camehamba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chamehamba | 74 | 7 | / |
| Siamjomba | 67 | 39 | / |
| Siamjambo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Siamujomba | 63 | 2 | / |
| Shamujomba | 63 | 1 | / |
| Siamajombo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ssemajjamba | 60 | 6 | / |
| Samuyombo | 56 | 8 | / |
| Shemjomba | 56 | 1 | / |
| Siamuyombo | 53 | 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 Samihamba
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