Shimau Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Shimau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 159 | 1:99,685 | 7,986 |
| Maldives | 30 | 1:13,472 | 988 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Shimau (352) may also be a first name.
Shimau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shimau (Hindi: शीमाु) is found most frequently in Zambia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,152,132nd most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Shimau are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 464,438th most frequent first name in the world, held by 352 people.
This last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 99,685. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 54 percent are found, North-Western Province, where 43 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Zambia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Maldives, where 14 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shimau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shimau in the Hindi language | ||
| शीमाु | simau | - |
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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
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- 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 Shimau
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