Simatama Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Simatama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 41 | 1:386,583 | 19,508 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Simatama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simatama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Simatama occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simatama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Simatama reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Simatama is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 386,583. In Zambia Simatama is most common in: Southern Province, where 90 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 10 percent reside. Other than Zambia it is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Simatama
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