Simakan Surname

360,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,006 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guinea
Highest density in:
Guinea

Simakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guinea8731:13,555391
Thailand831:851,064135,450
Ivory Coast131:1,774,71034,235
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Simakan (11) may also be a first name.

Simakan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Simakan (Marathi: िसमाकन) is most common in Guinea. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Simakan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 360,039th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 7,244,081 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Simakan reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 11 people.

The last name Simakan is most widely held in Guinea, where it is carried by 873 people, or 1 in 13,555. In Guinea it is primarily found in: Boké Region, where 58 percent live, Conakry Region, where 27 percent live and Kindia Region, where 13 percent live. Excluding Guinea this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 8 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Simakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Simakan in the Marathi language
िसमाकनisamakana-

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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 Simakan
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