Shamawele Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Shamawele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shamawele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamawele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamawele occurs more in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shamawele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamawele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,141,416th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Shamawele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Shamawele live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 480,301. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Central Province, where 88 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Zambia Shamawele is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 3 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 Shamawele
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