Simbwe Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Simbwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simbwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania931:569,26536,354
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shimbwe9262/
Ssimbwe921/
Shiembwe861/
Simbwa832,101/
Zimbwe83715/
Jimbwe8363/
Sembwe8322/
Simbwi8321/
Gimbwe831/
Simfwe831/
Ssimbwa773,563/
Chimbwe771,592/
Shimbwa77131/
Zzimbwe778/
Shembwe771/
Djimbwe771/
Simphwe771/
Zimbwei771/
Zimbwa67576/
Sembwa67192/
Sempwe6776/
Simfwa6721/
Zembwe6716/
Simbui6713/
Jembwe672/
Cimbue671/
Sembue671/
Zimbue671/

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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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