Samutela Surname
Approximately 677 people bear this surname
Samutela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 503 | 1:31,511 | 3,234 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Samutela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samutela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samutela is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samutela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samutela is the 489,550th most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 10,764,470 people. The surname Samutela is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samutela live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 503 people, or 1 in 31,511. In Zambia Samutela is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 73 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 14 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Zambia Samutela is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shamutela | 94 | 1 | / |
| Samutala | 88 | 141 | / |
| Samutalai | 82 | 26 | / |
| Shamutala | 82 | 4 | / |
| Siamutele | 82 | 1 | / |
| Semitela | 75 | 32 | / |
| Semutala | 75 | 5 | / |
| Zamutelo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Siamutili | 71 | 74 | / |
| Shamutylo | 71 | 32 | / |
| Shamutilo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Semutalya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siamutile | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siamutaili | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samittalla | 67 | 1 | / |
| Somutili | 63 | 1 | / |
| Zamitelo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Zamitala | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shamotylo | 59 | 24 | / |
| Semitelou | 59 | 4 | / |
| Samotailo | 59 | 4 | / |
| Shamotilo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Shamotaylo | 56 | 36 | / |
| Shamotailo | 56 | 27 | / |
| Semitala | 50 | 135 | / |
| Zamitalo | 50 | 30 | / |
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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 Samutela
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