Samjela Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Samjela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samjela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon791:262,90025,427
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086

Samjela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Samjela occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samjela? popularity and diffusion

Samjela is the 1,980,395th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samjela live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Samjela is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 262,900. In Cameroon Samjela is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 77 percent live, Southwest Region, where 16 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Beside Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 11 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 Samjela
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