Shambaka Surname
Approximately 308 people bear this surname
Shambaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 226 | 1:70,132 | 6,129 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
Shambaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shambaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shambaka is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shambaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 876,631st most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shambaka live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Shambaka is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 226 people, or 1 in 70,132. In Zambia Shambaka is mostly found in: Northern Province, where 52 percent live, Luapula Province, where 19 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 18 percent live. Besides Zambia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 27 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 Shambaka
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