Simwana Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Simwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Simwana (180) may also be a first name.

Simwana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Simwana Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Simwana has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Simwana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Simwana? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Simwana live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Simwana is also the 679,247th most frequent first name globally, borne by 180 people.

This surname is most frequent in Zambia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 2,641,654. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Lusaka Province, where 67 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent reside and Muchinga Province, where 17 percent reside. Other than Zambia Simwana exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 31 percent reside and Tanzania, where 15 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
  • 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 Simwana
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