Simalenga Surname

772,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Simalenga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simalenga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3261:162,39814,474
Zambia381:417,10320,300
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367

Simalenga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Simalenga (Oriya: ସିମେଲା) occurs most in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Simalenga? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 772,238th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,803,114 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Simalenga are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Simalenga is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 326 people, or 1 in 162,398. In Tanzania Simalenga is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 46 percent reside, Njombe Region, where 25 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 16 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Simalenga exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 10 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Simalengo895/
Simalenge894/
Simalinga891/
Shimalenge8435/
Simalina827/
Shimalina78178/
Djimalnga781/
Simmahalinga761/
Zimalina7118/
Cimalina714/
Semalyna711/
Semalina711/
Shymalyna675/
Semealina672/
Zaymalina5612/
Chemalina5612/
Chimalino561/

Simalenga Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Simalenga in the Oriya language
ସିମେଲାsimela-

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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 Simalenga
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