Simbwe Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Simbwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 93 | 1:569,265 | 36,354 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Simbwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simbwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Simbwe is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Simbwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,907,068th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname Simbwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Simbwe live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 569,265. In Tanzania Simbwe is most common in: Singida Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shimbwe | 92 | 62 | / |
| Ssimbwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Shiembwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Simbwa | 83 | 2,101 | / |
| Zimbwe | 83 | 715 | / |
| Jimbwe | 83 | 63 | / |
| Sembwe | 83 | 22 | / |
| Simbwi | 83 | 21 | / |
| Gimbwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Simfwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ssimbwa | 77 | 3,563 | / |
| Chimbwe | 77 | 1,592 | / |
| Shimbwa | 77 | 131 | / |
| Zzimbwe | 77 | 8 | / |
| Shembwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Djimbwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Simphwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zimbwei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zimbwa | 67 | 576 | / |
| Sembwa | 67 | 192 | / |
| Sempwe | 67 | 76 | / |
| Simfwa | 67 | 21 | / |
| Zembwe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Simbui | 67 | 13 | / |
| Jembwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cimbue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sembue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zimbue | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Simbwe
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