Simama Surname

312,208th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Simama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8051:67,3018,432
Malawi2091:81,91010,289
Zambia531:299,05516,868
Papua New Guinea401:203,84328,184
India321:23,970,793327,222
Tanzania261:2,036,21647,850
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Simama (157) may also be a first name.

Simama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Simama (Hindi: सीमामा, Oriya: ସିମାମା) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Simama.

How Common Is The Last Name Simama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 312,208th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,047,756 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Simama reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Simama is also the 732,696th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 157 people.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 805 people, or 1 in 67,301. In South Africa Simama is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 66 percent live, Western Cape, where 18 percent live and Gauteng, where 6 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 17 percent live and Zambia, where 4 percent live.

Simama Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Simama earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.04% less than the national average, earning R 109,224 per year and in United States they earn 51.05% more than the national average, earning $65,175 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Simama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Simama in the Oriya language
ସିମାମାsimama82.14
ଶିମାମାsimama7.14
ସୀମାମାsimama7.14
ସିମମାsimama3.57
Simama in the Hindi language
सीमामाsimama50
सीमाsima50

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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 Simama
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