Simelane Surname
Approximately 91,789 people bear this surname
Simelane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 52,261 | 1:1,037 | 94 |
| Swaziland | 39,207 | 1:33 | 2 |
| England | 143 | 1:389,637 | 27,109 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Lesotho | 23 | 1:88,372 | 10,414 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Iceland | 8 | 1:47,511 | 3,734 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Simelane (50) may also be a first name.
Simelane Demographics
Average Simelane Salary in
England
£23,544
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Simelane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simelane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simelane is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Simelane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simelane? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,166th most common last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 79,395 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Simelane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Simelane is also the 1,412,538th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, held by 50 people.
The last name Simelane is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 52,261 people, or 1 in 1,037. In South Africa it is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 38 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 29 percent reside and Gauteng, where 25 percent reside. Barring South Africa Simelane exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in Swaziland, where 43 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Simelane Last Name Statistics demography
Simelane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.88% less than the national average, earning R 161,868 per year.
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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 Simelane
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