Sangoma Surname
Approximately 840 people bear this surname
Sangoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 382 | 1:40,414 | 6,251 |
| Zambia | 169 | 1:93,787 | 7,646 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| South Africa | 81 | 1:668,861 | 48,796 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Sangoma (74) may also be a first name.
Sangoma Demographics
Average Sangoma Salary in
South Africa
R 82,860
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sangoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sangoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sangoma (Marathi: संगोमा) is more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sangoma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sangoma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sangoma is the 414,602nd most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 8,675,650 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Sangoma reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 74 people.
Sangoma is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 382 people, or 1 in 40,414. In Zimbabwe Sangoma is most common in: Manicaland Province, where 39 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 28 percent reside and Harare Province, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 20 percent reside and Malawi, where 16 percent reside.
Sangoma Last Name Statistics demography
Sangoma earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.13% less than the national average, earning R 82,860 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sangoma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sangoma in the Marathi language | ||
| संगोमा | sangoma | - |
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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 Sangoma
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