Simpungwe Surname

83,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,805 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Simpungwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simpungwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia4,3601:3,635453
Tanzania1,4111:37,5214,330
England171:3,277,533109,658
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Simpungwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Simpungwe is found most in Zambia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Simpungwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Simpungwe? popularity and diffusion

Simpungwe is the 83,413th most frequent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,255,391 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Simpungwe reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Simpungwe is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 4,360 people, or 1 in 3,635. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Northern Province, where 36 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 24 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 24 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Simpungwe Last Name Statistics demography

Simpungwe earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.93% less than the national average, earning R 230,664 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
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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 Simpungwe
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