Shamanja Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Shamanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Shamanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamanja occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamanja? popularity and diffusion
Shamanja is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamanja live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Shamanja is most frequent in: Benue, where 86 percent are found and Gombe, where 14 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 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 Shamanja
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