Shamge Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Shamge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 204 | 1:259,518 | 20,802 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Shamge (10) may also be a first name.
Shamge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamge Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamge has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamge? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,136,896th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamge are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name in the world, borne by 10 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 259,518. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Tanga Region, where 51 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 39 percent live and Arusha Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 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 Shamge
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