Shamage Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Shamage Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
Shamage Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamage Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamage is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamage? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamage are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 87 percent are found, Kano, where 7 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 40 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
- 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 Shamage
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