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 more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shimbala.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimbala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shimbala is the 1,795,579th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimbala live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 166,841. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Lusaka Province, where 56 percent reside, Western Province, where 38 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 4 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.
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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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