Simatete Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Simatete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simatete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1481:107,0948,406
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Simatete (12) may also be a first name.

Simatete Last Name Facts

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

The last name Simatete is found most in Zambia. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Simatete? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,441,361st most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Simatete are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Simatete is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 12 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 107,094. In Zambia Simatete is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 99 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 1 percent live and Western Province, where 1 percent live. Apart from Zambia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Simateete941/
Simmathet825/
Chimatete821/
Semateete821/
Simaityte7121/
Simhatoti715/
Simmoteit714/
Simaitytė711/
Simhathati671/
Sematit671/
Šimaitytė594/
Ssematiti591/
Shemaytite561/

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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 Simatete
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