Samwangala Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Samwangala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 99 | 1:160,100 | 11,305 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
Samwangala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samwangala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samwangala is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samwangala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samwangala is the 1,453,389th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samwangala reside; 67 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 160,100. In Zambia it is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 69 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent are found and Western Province, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Zambia it is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 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
- 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 Samwangala
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