Shekuamba Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Shekuamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 94 | 1:563,209 | 35,741 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shekuamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shekuamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shekuamba is found most in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shekuamba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shekuamba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shekuamba is the 1,907,068th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Shekuamba live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 563,209. In Tanzania Shekuamba is mostly concentrated in: Tanga Region, where 96 percent live, Arusha Region, where 1 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chekuamba | 89 | 2 | / |
| Shakuhamba | 84 | 4 | / |
| Sekwamba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sakuamba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shakwamba | 78 | 146 | / |
| Shikuambi | 78 | 7 | / |
| Shikwamba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Chekwamba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Sikuomba | 71 | 50 | / |
| Sikwamba | 71 | 10 | / |
| Sokwamba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sakwamba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shikwambaha | 70 | 1 | / |
| Shikwambi | 67 | 891 | / |
| Chicuamba | 67 | 51 | / |
| Chikuambi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Shikwambe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sikwaamba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Siekwambo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shikwambit | 63 | 1 | / |
| Schikwambi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sikwambi | 59 | 240 | / |
| Sikwambe | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sigwamba | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sikwomba | 59 | 1 | / |
| Chigwamba | 56 | 472 | / |
| Chicuambi | 56 | 11 | / |
| Chicuambe | 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 Shekuamba
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis