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 is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamange? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shamange is the 513,430th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 11,458,406 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamange are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 57 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 634 people, or 1 in 279,405. In Nigeria Shamange is most common in: Benue, where 88 percent are found, Taraba, where 4 percent are found and Adamawa, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 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 Shamange
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