Shamlamba Surname

585,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 535 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Shamlamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shamlamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5341:99,1429,787
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Shamlamba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shamlamba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shamlamba occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shamlamba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 585,091st most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 13,621,581 people. The surname Shamlamba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamlamba are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Shamlamba is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 534 people, or 1 in 99,142. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Songwe Region, where 89 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent reside and Mtwara Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Shamlamba
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