Simiyu Surname
Approximately 145,082 people bear this surname
Simiyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 137,516 | 1:336 | 35 |
| Uganda | 3,341 | 1:11,685 | 1,941 |
| Sudan | 3,080 | 1:12,179 | 1,700 |
| Nigeria | 634 | 1:279,405 | 15,802 |
| Tanzania | 335 | 1:158,035 | 14,174 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
Simiyu (45,886) may also be a first name.
Simiyu Demographics
Simiyu Political Affiliation
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Simiyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simiyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simiyu (Arabic: سيميو) is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Simiyu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Simiyu is the 3,855th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 50,231 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Simiyu reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Simiyu is also the 19,863rd most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 45,886 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 137,516 people, or 1 in 336. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Bungoma County, where 57 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 19 percent live and Kakamega County, where 8 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live and Sudan, where 2 percent live.
Simiyu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Simiyu last name are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the party.
Simiyu earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.83% less than the national average, earning $33,299 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Simiyu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Simiyu in the Arabic language | ||
| سيميو | symyw | - |
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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
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- 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 Simiyu
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