Shamba Surname
Approximately 29,430 people bear this surname
Shamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 23,758 | 1:3,110 | 346 |
| Tanzania | 3,192 | 1:16,586 | 2,146 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,507 | 1:10,244 | 1,290 |
| Zambia | 250 | 1:63,400 | 5,655 |
| Russia | 141 | 1:1,022,149 | 78,372 |
| Nigeria | 106 | 1:1,671,158 | 61,739 |
| Abkhazia | 99 | 1:2,453 | 575 |
| Namibia | 68 | 1:35,432 | 5,071 |
| Pakistan | 45 | 1:3,969,864 | 28,516 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Yemen | 30 | 1:880,843 | 11,350 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Peru | 10 | 1:3,178,412 | 30,046 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
Shamba (3,631) may also be a first name.
Shamba Demographics
Shamba Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Shamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamba (Bengali: সম্ভা, Georgian: შამბა, Hindi: शम्बा, Marathi: शांबा, Russian: Шамба) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 18,724th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 247,623 people. The surname Shamba occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Shamba live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 117,265th most commonly used forename on earth, held by 3,631 people.
The surname Shamba is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 23,758 people, or 1 in 3,110. Apart from The DR Congo this last name exists in 39 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 11 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found.
Shamba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Georgia, Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Shamba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.01% less than the national average, earning R 80,784 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shamba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shamba in the Georgian language | ||
| შამბა | shamba | - |
| Shamba in the Marathi language | ||
| शांबा | samba | 54.49 |
| शंबा | samba | 30.54 |
| शामबा | samaba | 10.18 |
| संभा | sambha | 0.6 |
| शंभा | sambha | 0.6 |
| सामंत | samanta | 0.6 |
| शांभा | sambha | 0.6 |
| सांबा | samba | 0.6 |
| Shamba in the Bengali language | ||
| সম্ভা | sambha | 50 |
| শম্বা | samba | 25 |
| সম্বা | samba | 25 |
| Shamba in the Hindi language | ||
| शम्बा | samba | 20 |
| शाम्बा | samba | 13.33 |
| शामबा | samaba | 13.33 |
| शंबा | samba | 13.33 |
| शम्भा | sambha | 6.67 |
| सम्श | samsa | 6.67 |
| शमबा | samaba | 6.67 |
| शांबा | samba | 6.67 |
| शँबा | samba | 6.67 |
| सयमा | sayama | 6.67 |
| Shamba in the Russian language | ||
| Шамба | samba | - |
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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
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- 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 Shamba
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