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 has its highest incidence in Somalia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimoy? popularity and diffusion
Shimoy is the 265,253rd most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,940,709 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimoy live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 381,888th most frequently held given name world-wide, borne by 494 people.
It is most widespread in Somalia, where it is carried by 980 people, or 1 in 13,727. Barring Somalia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 33 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.
Shimoy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Shimoy surname is primarily 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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