Shimbiya Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Shimbiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 125 | 1:126,799 | 9,544 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Shimbiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimbiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shimbiya is most common in Zambia. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimbiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,581,912th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. Shimbiya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimbiya reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Shimbiya is most widespread in Zambia, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 126,799. In Zambia Shimbiya is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 53 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 26 percent reside and North-Western Province, where 20 percent reside. Beside Zambia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, 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 Shimbiya
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