Simaela Surname
Approximately 1,011 people bear this surname
Simaela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 879 | 1:150,454 | 14,785 |
| Papua New Guinea | 109 | 1:74,805 | 9,807 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Simaëla (1) are calculated separately.
Simaela (17) may also be a first name.
Simaela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simaela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Simaela is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Simaëla. For other possible spellings of Simaela click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simaela? popularity and diffusion
Simaela is the 358,623rd most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,208,255 people. The last name Simaela occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Simaela are found; 81 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 81 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Simaela is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 17 people.
The last name Simaela is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 879 people, or 1 in 150,454. In Indonesia Simaela is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 68 percent reside, Maluku, where 16 percent reside and West Papua, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 2 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
- 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 Simaela
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