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
The surname Simwambi is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simwambi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 998,609th most widespread last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. The surname Simwambi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Simwambi reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 72,374. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Copperbelt Province, where 50 percent reside, Muchinga Province, where 36 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 12 percent reside. Besides Zambia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 9 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 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
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- 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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