Shinganga Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Shinganga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 150 | 1:105,666 | 8,338 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Shinganga (49) may also be a first name.
Shinganga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shinganga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shinganga is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shinganga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,359,010th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shinganga live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Shinganga is also the 1,430,306th most numerous given name worldwide, borne by 49 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 105,666. In Zambia Shinganga is primarily found in: Lusaka Province, where 75 percent reside, Western Province, where 19 percent reside and Central Province, where 3 percent reside. Besides Zambia this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Shinganga
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