Samutumwa Surname

241,884th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,651 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Samutumwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samutumwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1,6361:9,6881,134
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831

Samutumwa (734) may also be a first name.

Samutumwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Samutumwa is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samutumwa? popularity and diffusion

Samutumwa is the 241,884th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 4,414,019 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samutumwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Samutumwa is also the 303,966th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 734 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,636 people, or 1 in 9,688. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Western Province, where 63 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 16 percent are found and Central Province, where 10 percent are found. Barring Zambia Samutumwa occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.

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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
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  • 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 Samutumwa
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