Shamange Surname
Approximately 636 people bear this surname
Shamange Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 634 | 1:279,405 | 15,802 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shamange (57) may also be a first name.
Shamange Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamange Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamange occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shamange click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamange? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 513,430th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 11,458,406 people. The surname Shamange occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamange live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most widespread forename at a global level It is held by 57 people.
Shamange is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 634 people, or 1 in 279,405. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 88 percent reside, Taraba, where 4 percent reside and Adamawa, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Shamange
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