Shabongo Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Shabongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shabongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1361:116,5448,960
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shabongo (22) may also be a first name.

Shabongo Last Name Facts

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

Shabongo is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shabongo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shabongo is the 1,244,200th most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shabongo live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent forename globally, held by 22 people.

This last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 116,544. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Central Province, where 76 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 24 percent live. Barring Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 26 percent live and South Africa, where 1 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
  • 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 Shabongo
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