Shamute Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Shamute Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 55 | 1:288,180 | 16,490 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
Shamute Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shamute Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shamute occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shamute? popularity and diffusion
Shamute is the 2,203,767th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shamute are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Shamute is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 288,180. In Zambia it is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 98 percent reside and Central Province, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 20 percent reside and Uganda, where 5 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 Shamute
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