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
Shamanja is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamanja are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Shamanja is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 86 percent live and Gombe, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 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 Shamanja
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