Simbang Surname

1,544,715th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Simbang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simbang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea431:189,62126,314
Cameroon421:494,50240,134
Indonesia271:4,898,118234,077
Malaysia201:1,474,71161,770
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003

Simbang (330) may also be a first name.

Simbang Last Name Facts

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

Simbang occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Simbang? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,544,715th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 37 percent of Simbang live; 37 percent live in Southeast Asia and 36 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 482,193rd most widespread given name on earth, borne by 330 people.

Simbang is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 189,621. In Papua New Guinea Simbang is most frequent in: Morobe, where 72 percent reside, Madang, where 26 percent reside and East Sepik, where 2 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea Simbang exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 31 percent reside and Indonesia, where 20 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
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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 Simbang
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