Saminga Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Saminga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 81 | 1:100,663 | 13,542 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Saminga (19) may also be a first name.
Saminga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saminga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saminga is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Saminga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saminga? popularity and diffusion
Saminga is the 1,604,449th most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 64 percent of Saminga live; 64 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 19 people.
The surname Saminga is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 100,663. In Papua New Guinea Saminga is primarily concentrated in: East New Britain, where 93 percent live and Madang, where 7 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 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 Saminga
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