Shimem Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Shimem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Shimem (381) may also be a first name.
Shimem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shimem is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,876,555th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. Shimem is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Shimem live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shimem is also the 444,187th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 381 people.
The last name Shimem is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 2 percent are found and India, where 2 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 Shimem
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