Simunyama Surname

604,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 513 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Simunyama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simunyama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia5041:31,4483,225
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476

Simunyama (17) may also be a first name.

Simunyama Last Name Facts

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

Simunyama is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Simunyama.

How Common Is The Last Name Simunyama? popularity and diffusion

The last name Simunyama is the 604,614th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 14,205,743 people. The last name Simunyama is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Simunyama are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Simunyama is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 17 people.

This surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 504 people, or 1 in 31,448. In Zambia Simunyama is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 43 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 26 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Simunyama
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