Simwala Surname
Approximately 1,129 people bear this surname
Simwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,115 | 1:14,215 | 1,626 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Simwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Simwala is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Simwala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Simwala is the 328,558th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 6,454,868 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Simwala live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Simwala is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,115 people, or 1 in 14,215. In Zambia it is primarily found in: Northern Province, where 35 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 22 percent live and Southern Province, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia Simwala occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 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 Simwala
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