Simuya Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Simuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 209 | 1:186,791 | 15,356 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Simuya (12) may also be a first name.
Simuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simuya has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Simuya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,125,333rd most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname Simuya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Simuya are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Simuya is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 12 people.
This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 186,791. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Bududa District, where 80 percent reside, Mbale District, where 17 percent reside and Sironko District, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 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
- 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 Simuya
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