Shamilenga Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Shamilenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 209 | 1:75,837 | 6,515 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
Shamilenga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamilenga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shamilenga is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamilenga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,035,555th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. The surname Shamilenga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamilenga live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Zambia, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 75,837. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Central Province, where 81 percent reside, Southern Province, where 9 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 9 percent reside. Besides Zambia Shamilenga is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samilenga | 95 | 4 | / |
| Shamilenge | 90 | 49 | / |
| Siamilenga | 90 | 44 | / |
| Shamulenga | 90 | 2 | / |
| Shamilengi | 90 | 1 | / |
| Samilena | 89 | 1 | / |
| Shamilina | 84 | 100 | / |
| Samelenga | 84 | 6 | / |
| Saumilena | 84 | 3 | / |
| Samulenga | 84 | 2 | / |
| Samlega | 82 | 11 | / |
| Shamulengo | 80 | 21 | / |
| Samoilengo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Samilina | 78 | 26 | / |
| Somilena | 78 | 3 | / |
| Soumilena | 74 | 195 | / |
| Samoilyna | 74 | 25 | / |
| Samoilina | 74 | 7 | / |
| Shamylyna | 74 | 7 | / |
| Samulinga | 74 | 6 | / |
| Samuilyna | 74 | 4 | / |
| Samulengo | 74 | 1 | / |
| Samuilina | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shomilina | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chamilina | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shamelina | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shoumilina | 70 | 1 | / |
| Samylina | 67 | 1,021 | / |
| Samylyna | 67 | 49 | / |
| Samelina | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zamilina | 67 | 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
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- 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 Shamilenga
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