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 found most in Ethiopia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shimele.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shimele is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Shimele is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimele live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Shimele is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 18 people.
The last name Shimele is most prevalent 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 found in Kenya, where 20 percent are found.
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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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