Simpanya Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Simpanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 98 | 1:161,734 | 11,370 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Simpanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simpanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Simpanya has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Simpanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,806,862nd most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name Simpanya occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Simpanya live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 161,734. In Zambia Simpanya is mostly found in: Northern Province, where 68 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 27 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 4 percent live. Barring Zambia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 4 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shimpanya | 94 | 6 | / |
| Sempanya | 88 | 93 | / |
| Sinpanya | 88 | 15 | / |
| Saempanya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sibanya | 80 | 7 | / |
| Chimphanya | 78 | 105 | / |
| Senpanya | 75 | 28 | / |
| Sibhanya | 75 | 11 | / |
| Sinpanja | 75 | 7 | / |
| Shivanya | 75 | 6 | / |
| Shibanya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Saenpanya | 71 | 1,239 | / |
| Seanpanya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sivhanyaa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ssempanja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Svanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sevanya | 67 | 132 | / |
| Zibanya | 67 | 28 | / |
| Sivania | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sibanyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sebanya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sibania | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sibanja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sivanaiyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shivanayya | 67 | 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 Simpanya
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