Shakama Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Shakama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Shakama (63) may also be a first name.
Shakama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shakama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shakama occurs most in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shakama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,272,314th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. Shakama occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shakama live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Shakama is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 63 people.
It is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 415,054. Aside from The DR Congo Shakama is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Zambia, 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
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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 Shakama
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