Shimako Surname
Approximately 270 people bear this surname
Shimako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 162 | 1:789,162 | 18,008 |
| Botswana | 61 | 1:35,851 | 7,015 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shimako (10,585) may also be a first name.
Shimako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimako Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shimako (Russian: Шимако) is held by more people in Japan than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimako? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 963,821st most frequently used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 26,990,911 people. The surname Shimako occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Shimako reside; 60 percent reside in East Asia and 60 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 58,987th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 10,585 people.
The surname is most frequent in Japan, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 789,162. In Japan Shimako is most common in: Kagoshima Prefecture, where 50 percent are found, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 17 percent are found and Hiroshima Prefecture, where 16 percent are found. Other than Japan this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 23 percent are found and Brazil, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shimako Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shimako in the Russian language | ||
| Шимако | simako | - |
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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 Shimako
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