Simai Surname
Approximately 14,628 people bear this surname
Simai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 11,076 | 1:4,780 | 647 |
| Thailand | 1,784 | 1:39,595 | 4,316 |
| Hungary | 518 | 1:18,950 | 2,143 |
| Papua New Guinea | 471 | 1:17,312 | 1,743 |
| India | 431 | 1:1,779,734 | 63,457 |
| Romania | 109 | 1:184,201 | 18,730 |
| Indonesia | 72 | 1:1,836,794 | 117,778 |
| Nigeria | 57 | 1:3,107,768 | 95,628 |
| United States | 32 | 1:11,326,842 | 445,236 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Šimai (59) & Simaï (2) are calculated separately.
Simai (6,838) may also be a first name.
Simai Demographics
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Simai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Simai (Bengali: সিমাই, Hindi: सिमई, Marathi: सीमाई, Oriya: ସିମାଇ) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Šimai or Simaï. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simai? popularity and diffusion
Simai is the 36,078th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 498,192 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Simai live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 78,788th most commonly used forename at a global level. It is borne by 6,838 people.
This surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 11,076 people, or 1 in 4,780. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 39 percent are found, Zanzibar South Region, where 18 percent are found and Zanzibar North Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania Simai is found in 30 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 12 percent are found and Hungary, where 4 percent are found.
Simai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Simai surname are 28.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 81.82% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Simai earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 55.23% more than the national average, earning $66,982 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.04% less than the national average, earning $41,715 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Simai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Simai in the Marathi language | ||
| सीमाई | sima'i | 92.86 |
| सीमई | sima'i | 7.14 |
| Simai in the Bengali language | ||
| সিমাই | sima'i | 75 |
| সীমাই | sima'i | 25 |
| Simai in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିମାଇ | sima'i | 72 |
| ଶିମାଇ | sima'i | 12 |
| ସିମଇ | sima'i | 8 |
| ସୀମାଇ | sima'i | 8 |
| Simai in the Hindi language | ||
| सिमई | sima'i | 42.86 |
| सीमाइ | sima'i | 14.29 |
| सीमा | sima | 14.29 |
| सीमई | sima'i | 14.29 |
| सीमाई | sima'i | 14.29 |
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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 Simai
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