Sandalamu Surname

491,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 673 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Sandalamu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sandalamu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi5751:29,7724,476
Zimbabwe941:164,23720,345
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sandalamu (110) may also be a first name.

Sandalamu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sandalamu occurs most in Malawi. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sandalamu.

How Common Is The Last Name Sandalamu? popularity and diffusion

Sandalamu is the 491,715th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 10,828,449 people. Sandalamu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sandalamu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 110 people.

Sandalamu is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 575 people, or 1 in 29,772. Aside from Malawi this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent live and Zambia, where 0 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
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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 Sandalamu
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