Simengwa Surname
Approximately 1,546 people bear this surname
Simengwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 863 | 1:19,837 | 3,086 |
| Zambia | 384 | 1:41,276 | 4,054 |
| Tanzania | 294 | 1:180,074 | 15,674 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Simengwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simengwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simengwa occurs most in Malawi. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Simengwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Simengwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 255,243rd most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 4,713,807 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Simengwa reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is borne by 863 people, or 1 in 19,837. Barring Malawi Simengwa is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simingwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Simengwe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Chimengwa | 82 | 4 | / |
| Simngwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shemngwa | 75 | 179 | / |
| Semingwa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Simengui | 75 | 1 | / |
| Simuungwe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Dzimingwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chimengwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shimengue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shiminguay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Semengue | 63 | 448 | / |
| Simingui | 63 | 1 | / |
| Shemmingway | 63 | 1 | / |
| Simmingui | 59 | 35 | / |
| Semenguou | 59 | 1 | / |
| Zemngwe | 53 | 1 | / |
| Zemengue | 50 | 121 | / |
| Semingui | 50 | 8 | / |
| Chemngwe | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Simengwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis