Sengula Surname
Approximately 511 people bear this surname
Sengula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 356 | 1:148,712 | 13,532 |
| Zambia | 60 | 1:264,165 | 15,663 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Šengula (15) are calculated separately.
Sengula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sengula Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sengula (Marathi: सेन्गूला, Oriya: େସୁଲା) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Šengula. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sengula.
How Common Is The Last Name Sengula? popularity and diffusion
Sengula is the 606,498th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 14,261,342 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sengula live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Sengula is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 356 people, or 1 in 148,712. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 44 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 41 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 11 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 12 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sengula Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sengula in the Oriya language | ||
| େସୁଲା | esula | - |
| Sengula in the Marathi language | ||
| सेन्गूला | sen'gula | - |
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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 Sengula
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