Simbaya Surname
Approximately 7,430 people bear this surname
Simbaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 5,352 | 1:2,961 | 375 |
| Tanzania | 1,881 | 1:28,145 | 3,378 |
| Philippines | 127 | 1:797,151 | 76,551 |
| Ecuador | 44 | 1:361,496 | 9,599 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Simbaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simbaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simbaya occurs most in Zambia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simbaya? popularity and diffusion
Simbaya is the 67,013th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 980,827 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Simbaya are found; 72 percent are found in Southern Africa and 72 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is carried by 5,352 people, or 1 in 2,961. In Zambia Simbaya is mostly found in: Muchinga Province, where 38 percent reside, Northern Province, where 22 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Zambia Simbaya is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 25 percent reside and The Philippines, 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 Simbaya
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