Simangwe Surname

487,899th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 680 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Simangwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simangwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3221:168,25418,737
Tanzania2181:242,85119,731
Zimbabwe1361:113,51615,504
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Simangwe (10) may also be a first name.

Simangwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Simangwe is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Simangwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 487,899th most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 10,716,979 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Simangwe reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Simangwe is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 10 people.

Simangwe is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 322 people, or 1 in 168,254. In South Africa Simangwe is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 66 percent are found, Gauteng, where 31 percent are found and North West, where 1 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 32 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 20 percent are found.

Simangwe Last Name Statistics demography

Simangwe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.21% less than the national average, earning R 94,548 per year.

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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 Simangwe
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