Shaimba Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Shaimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 56 | 1:43,025 | 5,619 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Shaimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shaimba occurs most in Namibia. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaimba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,506,728th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shaimba live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Shaimba is most widely held in Namibia, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 43,025. In Namibia Shaimba is most frequent in: Ohangwena Region, where 70 percent live, Oshana Region, where 23 percent live and Oshikoto Region, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Namibia Shaimba is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent live and Kenya, where 2 percent live.
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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 Shaimba
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