Shalenga Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Shalenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 73 | 1:217,122 | 13,786 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Shalenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shalenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shalenga is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shalenga? popularity and diffusion
Shalenga is the 2,168,711th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. Shalenga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shalenga reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Shalenga is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 217,122. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Central Province, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Zambia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Namibia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Shalenga
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