Shimafo Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Shimafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 129 | 1:18,678 | 3,302 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shimafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shimafo is more commonly found in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Shimafo.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimafo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shimafo is the 1,573,888th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimafo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Shimafo is most frequent in Namibia, where it is held by 129 people, or 1 in 18,678. In Namibia it is primarily concentrated in: Kavango West Region, where 100 percent live. Other than Namibia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siemafo | 86 | 11 | / |
| Siemaffo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Simefo | 77 | 12 | / |
| Simahfoud | 75 | 4 | / |
| Siemefo | 71 | 13 | / |
| Semafou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Siemafeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chemaffo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Simhaphot | 63 | 38 | / |
| Semafa | 62 | 8 | / |
| Zemafo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Sumafa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Semapfa | 57 | 22 | / |
| Semavoh | 57 | 7 | / |
| Simopha | 57 | 6 | / |
| Ssemafa | 57 | 6 | / |
| Sumapho | 57 | 1 | / |
| Sumefoh | 57 | 1 | / |
| Seymafa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Siemefeu | 53 | 21 | / |
| Simaphat | 53 | 2 | / |
| Summapho | 53 | 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 Shimafo
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