Shamfuti Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Shamfuti Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 380 | 1:41,710 | 4,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shamfuti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamfuti Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shamfuti is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shamfuti.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamfuti? popularity and diffusion
It is the 752,779th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamfuti live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 380 people, or 1 in 41,710. In Zambia Shamfuti is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 78 percent live, Central Province, where 13 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 7 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siamfuti | 88 | 61 | / |
| Shanfuti | 88 | 24 | / |
| Shamfiti | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sanfiti | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanfaute | 63 | 26 | / |
| Somphuti | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sonphuthi | 59 | 63 | / |
| Somphuthi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Chanphuthi | 56 | 29 | / |
| Sanphutthi | 56 | 25 | / |
| Chomphutip | 56 | 3 | / |
| Chomphuthip | 53 | 278 | / |
| Sanfotta | 50 | 1 | / |
| Somphoti | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Shamfuti
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