Shimuni Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Shimuni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shimuni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia1251:19,2753,407
India681:11,280,373208,492
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Shimuni (174) may also be a first name.

Shimuni Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shimuni Come From? nationality or country of origin

Shimuni (Hindi: शिमुनी, Marathi: िशमुनी) occurs more in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shimuni? popularity and diffusion

Shimuni is the 1,206,588th most common family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. The last name Shimuni occurs mostly in Africa, where 65 percent of Shimuni reside; 65 percent reside in Southern Africa and 65 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Shimuni is also the 692,220th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 174 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 19,275. In Namibia Shimuni is primarily found in: Oshikoto Region, where 69 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 26 percent reside and Hardap Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Namibia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 35 percent reside and Iran, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shimuni Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shimuni in the Marathi language
िशमुनीisamuni-
Shimuni in the Hindi language
शिमुनीsimuni66.67
शीमुनीsimuni16.67
ॠषिमुनीrsimuni8.33
शिमूनीsimuni8.33

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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
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  • 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 Shimuni
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