Nsimire Surname

7,306th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77,663 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Nsimire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nsimire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo75,2561:98281
Uganda2,3791:16,4102,550
Rwanda91:1,262,7752,632
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nsimire (14,772) may also be a first name.

Nsimire Last Name Facts

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

Nsimire is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nsimire? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,306th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 93,835 people. The surname Nsimire occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsimire live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nsimire is also the 46,884th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 14,772 people.

This surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 75,256 people, or 1 in 982. Excluding The DR Congo this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and Rwanda, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
N'Simire93412/
Nsimirhe9355/
Nsimmire934/
Nsimirre934/
Nsimirea934/
Nshimire933/
Nnsimire931/
Nsismire931/
Nsimirez931/
Nsimirer931/
Nsimir'e931/
Nsimre9234/
Nsimirehe881/
Nzimire86316/
Nsimere8642/
Nsimiri8627/
Nsimira8623/
Nsimure861/
Nshemire8027/
Nsemeire8013/
Nshimere801/
Nsemaire801/
Nshemeire75147/
Nshemaire755/
Nsemeyire752/
Nshemiere751/
Nsemere71194/
Nzimiri7141/
Ngimare7110/
Ngemire716/
Njimere711/
Nshemere6774/
Ngemeire6721/
Nzemeire671/
Nsemeira671/
Nsemeere671/

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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 Nsimire
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