Simwale Surname
Approximately 813 people bear this surname
Simwale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 787 | 1:20,140 | 2,237 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Simwale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simwale Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simwale is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simwale? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 425,369th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 8,963,771 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Simwale are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 787 people, or 1 in 20,140. In Zambia Simwale is most prevalent in: Southern Province, where 66 percent are found, Central Province, where 18 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 12 percent are found. Besides Zambia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Simwale
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