Simalenga Surname
Approximately 368 people bear this surname
Simalenga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 326 | 1:162,398 | 14,474 |
| Zambia | 38 | 1:417,103 | 20,300 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
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
Simalenga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Simalenga in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିମେଲା | simela | - |
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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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