Shimwa Surname
Approximately 2,824 people bear this surname
Shimwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 2,791 | 1:4,072 | 1,005 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Shimwa (34) may also be a first name.
Shimwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shimwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shimwa is found most frequently in Rwanda. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shimwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 155,247th most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,580,576 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shimwa live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequent forename in the world, held by 34 people.
Shimwa is most prevalent in Rwanda, where it is held by 2,791 people, or 1 in 4,072. Apart from Rwanda Shimwa occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Burundi, where 0 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
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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 Shimwa
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