Simpiwe Surname
Approximately 2 people bear this surname
Simpiwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Simpiwe (6,029) may also be a first name.
Simpiwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simpiwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Simpiwe is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Simpiwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 11,742,229th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Simpiwe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Simpiwe is also the 85,404th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 6,029 people.
Simpiwe is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 54,177,704. In South Africa Simpiwe is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 100 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it exists in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 50 percent are found.
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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 Simpiwe
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