Simwambi Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Simwambi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 219 | 1:72,374 | 6,259 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Simwambi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simwambi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simwambi is found in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simwambi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 998,609th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 28,466,976 people. The surname Simwambi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Simwambi are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 72,374. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Copperbelt Province, where 50 percent live, Muchinga Province, where 36 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 12 percent live. Not including Zambia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 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 Simwambi
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