Simeji Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Simeji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Simeji (13) may also be a first name.
Simeji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simeji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simeji is held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Simeji.
How Common Is The Last Name Simeji? popularity and diffusion
Simeji is the 1,428,594th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. Simeji is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Simeji live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 13 people.
This surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Aside from Malawi this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 11 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Simeji
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