Samlega Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Samlega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Samlega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samlega Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samlega is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samlega? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samlega is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Samlega is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samlega reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Samlega is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 90 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samelenga | 88 | 6 | / |
| Samilenga | 88 | 4 | / |
| Shamilenga | 82 | 243 | / |
| Samlagai | 80 | 59 | / |
| Shamliga | 80 | 5 | / |
| Samlge | 77 | 1 | / |
| Semelga | 71 | 9 | / |
| Somlaga | 71 | 2 | / |
| Samoilengo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Somlinga | 67 | 22 | / |
| Chamlegi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Somlagai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanliego | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chamligai | 63 | 2 | / |
| Sąlyga | 62 | 4 | / |
| Sonlga | 62 | 1 | / |
| Sonliga | 57 | 6 | / |
| Jamilgo | 57 | 6 | / |
| Soñilga | 57 | 1 | / |
| Djamilgo | 53 | 23 | / |
| Sonelgaz | 53 | 1 | / |
| Somlingo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Songliga | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Samlega
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