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 is found most in Namibia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimonga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,380,086th most widespread family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimonga live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Namibia, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 25,908. In Namibia Shimonga is most common in: Oshana Region, where 59 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 27 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 4 percent reside. Not including Namibia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 39 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 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
- 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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