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
Shimbala is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimbala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,795,579th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name Shimbala occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimbala reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Shimbala is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 166,841. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 56 percent reside, Western Province, where 38 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Zambia Shimbala exists in 5 countries. It also occurs 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
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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
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