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 Male Simelane Height
167.11 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Simelane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simelane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Simelane is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Simelane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Simelane is the 6,166th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 79,395 people. The last name Simelane 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 frequent first name at a global level It is held by 50 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 52,261 people, or 1 in 1,037. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 38 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 29 percent live and Gauteng, where 25 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname is found in 34 countries. It also occurs in Swaziland, where 43 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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