Shimiye Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Shimiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Shimiye (376) may also be a first name.
Shimiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shimiye occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimiye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,185,157th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimiye live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 447,400th most common first name in the world, held by 376 people.
The surname Shimiye is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 432,044. Not including The DR Congo it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 13 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 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
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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 Shimiye
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