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.

DNA test information

Simalenga Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Simalenga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 772,238th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Simalenga reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 326 people, or 1 in 162,398. In Tanzania Simalenga is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 46 percent live, Njombe Region, where 25 percent live and Arusha Region, where 16 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 10 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Simalengo895/
Simalenge894/
Simalinga891/
Shimalenge8435/
Simalina827/
Shimalina78178/
Djimalnga781/
Simmahalinga761/
Zimalina7118/
Cimalina714/
Semalyna711/
Semalina711/
Shymalyna675/
Semealina672/
Zaymalina5612/
Chemalina5612/
Chimalino561/
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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
  • 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 Simalenga
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