Shamaoma Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Shamaoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shamaoma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1281:123,8289,362
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Shamaoma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shamaoma is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shamaoma? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,581,912th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamaoma live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 123,828. In Zambia Shamaoma is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 44 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 26 percent reside and Eastern Province, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Namibia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samaoma936/
Samayoma881/
Samahuma752/
Chammahome671/
Shahmohamed631/
Suimaomo631/
Sameeemay593/
Shahmeema591/
Shahatmohamed574/
Chamohamed561/
Sahmohammed531/

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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 Shamaoma
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