Shimonyo Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Shimonyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 165 | 1:279,878 | 18,255 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Shimonyo Demographics
Shimonyo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shimonyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimonyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shimonyo has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimonyo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,333,288th most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimonyo are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 279,878. In Kenya Shimonyo is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 96 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found and Bungoma County, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and Namibia, where 1 percent are found.
Shimonyo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Shimonyo
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