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Where Does The Last Name Simela Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Simela (Georgian: სიმელა, Marathi: िसमेळा, Oriya: ସିେମଲା) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can occur in the variant forms: Šimela. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Simela? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 289,292^nd most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 5,500,035 people. The surname Simela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Simela reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Simela is also the 201,698^th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 1,487 people.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 864 people, or 1 in 62,706. In South Africa Simela is most numerous in: Free State, where 31 percent are found, Gauteng, where 29 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 27 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent are found and The Philippines, where 6 percent are found.

Simela Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

The amount Simela earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 53.53% less than the national average, earning R 110,436 per year and in United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.