Shamalya Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Shamalya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 29 | 1:546,549 | 23,344 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Shamalya (17) may also be a first name.
Shamalya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamalya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamalya is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamalya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,432,070th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. Shamalya is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Shamalya reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 17 people.
The surname Shamalya is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 546,549. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 100 percent live. Barring Zambia this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 12 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 Shamalya
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