Shamlamba Surname
Approximately 535 people bear this surname
Shamlamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 534 | 1:99,142 | 9,787 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Shamlamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamlamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamlamba is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. 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 frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,621,581 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamlamba live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 534 people, or 1 in 99,142. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Songwe Region, where 89 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent are found and Mtwara Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Tanzania Shamlamba exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shamalamba | 95 | 21 | / |
| Samlamba | 94 | 1 | / |
| Shyamalamba | 90 | 29 | / |
| Shyamlambha | 90 | 1 | / |
| Shyamilamba | 90 | 1 | / |
| Shamlambo | 89 | 11 | / |
| Chamlamba | 89 | 1 | / |
| Shayamalamba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shamalambo | 84 | 382 | / |
| Shamalambe | 84 | 181 | / |
| Shemalamba | 84 | 76 | / |
| Shamulumba | 84 | 67 | / |
| Shamalimba | 84 | 26 | / |
| Chamilamba | 84 | 6 | / |
| Shamalambu | 84 | 4 | / |
| Shamilemba | 84 | 2 | / |
| Shamulemba | 84 | 2 | / |
| Shimulamba | 84 | 1 | / |
| Semlamba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Zamlamba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Tchamulamba | 80 | 2 | / |
| Shamalambwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chimlamba | 78 | 132 | / |
| Chamlambo | 78 | 36 | / |
| Chamlemba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Shamulumbuya | 76 | 1 | / |
| Chamulimba | 74 | 114 | / |
| Shamalembo | 74 | 63 | / |
| Shimulambo | 74 | 27 | / |
| Chamilemba | 74 | 19 | / |
| Chimulamba | 74 | 15 | / |
| Chamulemba | 74 | 4 | / |
| Shimalumba | 74 | 2 | / |
| Shamalembe | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shamalumbe | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shimilambo | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chamalambo | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shamulembe | 74 | 1 | / |
| Chamalimba | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shamulembi | 74 | 1 | / |
| Semlambo | 71 | 11 | / |
| Chamwilambo | 70 | 45 | / |
| Tchamulumba | 70 | 4 | / |
| Chimlambe | 67 | 392 | / |
| Chamlombo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chanlanbo | 56 | 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 Shamlamba
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