Simende Surname

457,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Simende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe6571:23,4983,554
Namibia451:53,5426,362
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
England21:27,859,030389,889
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Simende (21) may also be a first name.

Simende Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Simende Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Simende occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Simende? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 457,199th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 9,848,035 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Simende are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most common given name at a global level. It is borne by 21 people.

Simende is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 657 people, or 1 in 23,498. In Zimbabwe Simende is most prevalent in: Harare Province, where 29 percent reside, Mashonaland East Province, where 18 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 18 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe Simende exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 6 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Simende Last Name Statistics demography

Simende earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.68% less than the national average, earning R 64,920 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 Simende
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