Shantima Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Shantima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 34 | 1:466,174 | 21,520 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shantima (72) may also be a first name.
Shantima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shantima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shantima is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shantima? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shantima is the 3,274,477th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Shantima are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most frequently held first name globally, held by 72 people.
The surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 466,174. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 94 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Zambia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 3 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 Shantima
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