Shamakamba Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Shamakamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 443 | 1:35,779 | 3,608 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Shamakamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamakamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamakamba is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamakamba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 671,677th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 16,376,508 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamakamba are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 443 people, or 1 in 35,779. In Zambia Shamakamba is most frequent in: Central Province, where 50 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 45 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent are found. Barring Zambia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samakamba | 95 | 1 | / |
| Shamakomba | 90 | 37 | / |
| Siamakamba | 90 | 1 | / |
| Shamakanba | 90 | 1 | / |
| Semakamba | 84 | 7 | / |
| Samakomba | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ssemakamba | 80 | 3 | / |
| Samakhambe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Samekomba | 74 | 150 | / |
| Samakombe | 74 | 7 | / |
| Siamakombe | 70 | 35 | / |
| Siamakombo | 70 | 1 | / |
| Somaskanba | 70 | 1 | / |
| Samekoumba | 70 | 1 | / |
| Samekombo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Somekambou | 60 | 16 | / |
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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 Shamakamba
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