Shagama Surname
Approximately 417 people bear this surname
Shagama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 397 | 1:133,354 | 12,432 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
Shagama (20) may also be a first name.
Shagama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shagama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shagama (Hindi: शागमा) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shagama.
How Common Is The Last Name Shagama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shagama is the 704,927th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 17,476,129 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shagama live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Shagama is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 20 people.
Shagama is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 133,354. In Tanzania Shagama is primarily found in: Njombe Region, where 58 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 16 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shagama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shagama in the Hindi language | ||
| शागमा | sagama | 50 |
| शगामा | sagama | 50 |
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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 Shagama
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