Shimoh Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Shimoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 11 | 1:1,440,902 | 31,383 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shimoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shimoh is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimoh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Shimoh reside; 73 percent reside in Southern Africa and 73 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,440,902. In Zambia Shimoh is most prevalent in: Copperbelt Province, where 36 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 36 percent are found and Southern Province, where 9 percent are found. Besides Zambia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 7 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 Shimoh
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