Shamamba Surname

114,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,022 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Shamamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shamamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3,7691:19,6022,478
Zambia2201:72,0456,234
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Haiti31:3,561,30220,668
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Shamamba (545) may also be a first name.

Shamamba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shamamba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shamamba is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shamamba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 114,896th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,811,921 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamamba are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Shamamba is also the 360,901st most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 545 people.

This last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 3,769 people, or 1 in 19,602. Without taking into account The DR Congo it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 5 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.

Shamamba Last Name Statistics demography

Shamamba earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.4% less than the national average, earning $33,917 USD per year.

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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 Shamamba
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