Shalimba Surname
Approximately 500 people bear this surname
Shalimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 292 | 1:8,251 | 1,594 |
| Kenya | 193 | 1:239,274 | 16,651 |
| Zambia | 10 | 1:1,584,992 | 31,679 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shalimba (13) may also be a first name.
Shalimba Demographics
Shalimba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shalimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shalimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shalimba occurs in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shalimba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 616,129th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,575,092 people. The surname Shalimba is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Shalimba live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.
The surname Shalimba is most frequently held in Namibia, where it is carried by 292 people, or 1 in 8,251. In Namibia Shalimba is mostly found in: Omusati Region, where 52 percent reside, Oshikoto Region, where 29 percent reside and Khomas Region, where 9 percent reside. Besides Namibia it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 39 percent reside and Zambia, where 2 percent reside.
Shalimba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Shalimba
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