Shindamba Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Shindamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 54 | 1:293,517 | 16,670 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Shindamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shindamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shindamba is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shindamba? popularity and diffusion
Shindamba is the 1,817,111th most widespread family name internationally, held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The last name Shindamba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shindamba live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Zambia, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 293,517. In Zambia Shindamba is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 85 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 9 percent reside and Central Province, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Zambia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 47 percent reside and Tanzania, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sindamba | 94 | 6 | / |
| Chindamba | 89 | 2,882 | / |
| Shindambo | 89 | 34 | / |
| Soindamba | 89 | 2 | / |
| Shindambi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sendamba | 82 | 2 | / |
| Sindambo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Zindamba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chindambo | 78 | 27 | / |
| Shindombe | 78 | 22 | / |
| Chindomba | 78 | 17 | / |
| Shindombo | 78 | 8 | / |
| Shindanua | 78 | 4 | / |
| Shendambe | 78 | 2 | / |
| Chaindambi | 74 | 7 | / |
| Sindaineba | 74 | 1 | / |
| Shindanwad | 74 | 1 | / |
| Sindombo | 71 | 26 | / |
| Sendambo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chindombo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Seandambo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shendanbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zindombo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Zyndanbay | 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 Shindamba
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