Simelane Surname

6,166th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91,789 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Simelane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simelane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa52,2611:1,03794
Swaziland39,2071:332
England1431:389,63727,109
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Lesotho231:88,37210,414
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Mozambique161:1,703,8482,274
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Iceland81:47,5113,734
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Norway71:734,61250,907
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Simelane (50) may also be a first name.

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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