Simatya Surname

893,754th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 300 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Simatya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simatya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2761:191,81716,484
Uganda241:1,626,63757,482

Simatya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Simatya (Marathi: िसमत्या) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Simatya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Simatya is the 893,754th most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 24,291,820 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Simatya are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 92 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 276 people, or 1 in 191,817. In Tanzania Simatya is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Simatia86467/
Simatea861/
Sematya861/
Simmatia802/
Simaitia801/
Ssematya801/
Zimatiah6715/
Semaitia6711/
Symathia671/
Semattia671/
Suimatio671/
Chimathia630/
Simotia571/
Chematia53384/
Chematyo532/
Chematiah501/

Simatya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Simatya in the Marathi language
िसमत्याisamatya-

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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 Simatya
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