Shimoka Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Shimoka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 75 | 1:211,332 | 13,534 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shimoka (13) may also be a first name.
Shimoka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimoka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shimoka is found in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shimoka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimoka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,007,164th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Shimoka reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 13 people.
The last name Shimoka is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 211,332. In Zambia Shimoka is primarily concentrated in: Western Province, where 96 percent live, Central Province, where 3 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 1 percent live. Excluding Zambia this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent live and Kenya, where 3 percent live.
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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 Shimoka
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