Simungwe Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Simungwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simungwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia801:198,12413,036
Zimbabwe501:308,76530,783

Simungwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Simungwe is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Simungwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Simungwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,573,888th most common surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name Simungwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Simungwe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Zambia, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 198,124. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 94 percent live and Central Province, where 6 percent live. Besides Zambia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 38 percent live.

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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 Simungwe
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