Shimbulu Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Shimbulu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 293 | 1:8,223 | 1,588 |
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Shimbulu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimbulu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shimbulu is held by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimbulu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 804,502nd most numerous family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 20,941,224 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimbulu live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Namibia, where it is carried by 293 people, or 1 in 8,223. In Namibia Shimbulu is mostly concentrated in: Erongo Region, where 31 percent live, Omusati Region, where 18 percent live and Oshikoto Region, where 17 percent live. Beside Namibia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simbulu | 93 | 31 | / |
| Chimbulu | 88 | 526 | / |
| Shumbulu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Simboulou | 82 | 6 | / |
| Chimbulus | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sumbulu | 80 | 63 | / |
| Sembulu | 80 | 9 | / |
| Simbolu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Zimbulu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Symbulu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cimbulu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sembuulu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ssembulu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shinvulu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chembulu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zimboulou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Semboulou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chemboulu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zembulu | 67 | 69 | / |
| Cinbulut | 63 | 3 | / |
| Çetinbulut | 56 | 92 | / |
| Sümbüllü | 50 | 130 | / |
| Şenbulut | 50 | 23 | / |
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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 Shimbulu
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