Shimonga Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Shimonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 93 | 1:25,908 | 4,141 |
| Zambia | 62 | 1:255,644 | 15,337 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
Shimonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shimonga has its highest incidence in Namibia. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimonga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,380,086th most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Shimonga is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimonga are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Namibia, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 25,908. In Namibia Shimonga is most numerous in: Oshana Region, where 59 percent live, Khomas Region, where 27 percent live and Hardap Region, where 4 percent live. Barring Namibia Shimonga is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 39 percent live and Tanzania, 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 Shimonga
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