Simah Surname
Approximately 1,081 people bear this surname
Simah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 753 | 1:175,630 | 16,994 |
| France | 79 | 1:840,794 | 99,796 |
| India | 53 | 1:14,472,932 | 242,024 |
| Cameroon | 49 | 1:423,859 | 35,946 |
| Maldives | 47 | 1:8,599 | 709 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| Israel | 16 | 1:534,852 | 39,210 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Simah (19,652) may also be a first name.
Simah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simah (Hindi: सिमह, Marathi: िसमाह) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Simah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 340,053rd most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 6,741,486 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 84 percent of Simah are found; 72 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 72 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Simah is also the 38,322nd most widespread forename in the world, borne by 19,652 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 753 people, or 1 in 175,630. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 23 percent live, East Java, where 19 percent live and Banten, where 14 percent live. Apart from Indonesia it occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in France, where 7 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Simah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Simah in the Marathi language | ||
| िसमाह | isamaha | - |
| Simah in the Hindi language | ||
| सिमह | simaha | 68.75 |
| सीमाह | simaha | 12.5 |
| सिमः | simah | 6.25 |
| शीमहा | simaha | 6.25 |
| सीमा | sima | 6.25 |
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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 Simah
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