Shimbala Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Shimbala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 95 | 1:166,841 | 11,651 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shimbala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimbala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shimbala is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimbala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,795,579th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimbala are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 166,841. In Zambia Shimbala is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 56 percent are found, Western Province, where 38 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 5 percent are found. Not including Zambia it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 4 percent are found and Tanzania, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Shimbala
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