Shimoy Surname
Approximately 1,475 people bear this surname
Shimoy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 980 | 1:13,727 | 902 |
| Kenya | 492 | 1:93,862 | 8,380 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Shimoy (494) may also be a first name.
Shimoy Demographics
Shimoy Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shimoy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimoy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shimoy is borne by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shimoy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimoy? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 265,253rd most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,940,709 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimoy are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 381,888th most common first name worldwide It is held by 494 people.
The surname Shimoy is most widely held in Somalia, where it is borne by 980 people, or 1 in 13,727. Not including Somalia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 33 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.
Shimoy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (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 Shimoy
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