Simaba Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Simaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa291:1,868,19787,346
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Simaba (20) may also be a first name.

Simaba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Simaba is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Simaba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,373,373rd most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Simaba occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Simaba reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Simaba is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 20 people.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 1,868,197. In South Africa Simaba is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 97 percent reside and Western Cape, where 3 percent reside. Apart from South Africa it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 3 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.

Simaba Last Name Statistics demography

Simaba earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.5% less than the national average, earning R 124,764 per year.

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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 Simaba
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