Shimele Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Shimele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Shimele (18) may also be a first name.
Shimele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shimele is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shimele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimele? popularity and diffusion
Shimele is the 8,193,072nd most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimele live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 18 people.
This surname is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Beside Ethiopia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 20 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 Shimele
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