Shimishi Surname

139,035th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Shimishi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shimishi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2,9661:5,344650
DR Congo2331:317,08028,591
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097

Shimishi (75) may also be a first name.

Shimishi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shimishi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Shimishi is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Shimishi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shimishi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 139,035th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,265,324 people. The surname Shimishi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimishi live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Shimishi is also the 1,116,575th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 75 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 2,966 people, or 1 in 5,344. In Zambia it is primarily found in: North-Western Province, where 79 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 12 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 4 percent are found. Barring Zambia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found and Venezuela, where 0 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
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  • 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 Shimishi
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