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
The surname Simwale is most common in Zambia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Simwale.
How Common Is The Last Name Simwale? popularity and diffusion
Simwale is the 425,369th most widespread family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 8,963,771 people. The last name Simwale occurs mostly 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.
Simwale is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 787 people, or 1 in 20,140. In Zambia Simwale is most common in: Southern Province, where 66 percent live, Central Province, where 18 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 12 percent live. Apart from Zambia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 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 Simwale
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