Shatsala Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Shatsala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shatsala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1751:263,88517,546
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Shatsala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shatsala is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shatsala? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shatsala is the 1,286,243rd most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shatsala reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Shatsala is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 175 people, or 1 in 263,885. In Kenya Shatsala is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 98 percent live, Busia County, where 1 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.

Shatsala Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Shatsala
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