Shaluma Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Shaluma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 50 | 1:316,998 | 17,478 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Shaluma (16) may also be a first name.
Shaluma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaluma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaluma occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaluma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,483,783rd most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Shaluma are found; 83 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held forename world-wide. It is borne by 16 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 316,998. In Zambia Shaluma is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 88 percent live and Central Province, where 12 percent live. Other than Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Kenya, where 7 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 Shaluma
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