Shananga Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Shananga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Shananga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shananga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shananga is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shananga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shananga is the 5,057,639th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Shananga is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shananga are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Shananga is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 90 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 27 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Shananga
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