Simatauw Surname

953,750th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 274 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Simatauw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simatauw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2711:488,00440,078
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Simatauw (16) may also be a first name.

Simatauw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Simatauw is found most in Indonesia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Simatauw.

How Common Is The Last Name Simatauw? popularity and diffusion

The last name Simatauw is the 953,750th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The surname Simatauw is mostly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Simatauw are found; 82 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 82 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Simatauw is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 16 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 271 people, or 1 in 488,004. In Indonesia Simatauw is most numerous in: Maluku, where 66 percent reside, Papua, where 12 percent reside and Riau Islands, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Simataw931/
Simatab8054/
Simatub801/
Sumat-Aw7523/
Suimatab759/
Simatoub752/
Somtuw711/
Somtouw672/
Chematuw639/
Semataev634/
Simatyev631/
Samdaw571/
Samtow571/
Samadow5324/
Samdhaw535/
Cimadow531/
Samteew531/

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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 Simatauw
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