Simwanza Surname

19,871st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,536 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Simwanza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simwanza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia19,7741:802105
Tanzania5,7431:9,2181,205
Malawi1,2291:13,9292,189
Namibia4801:5,020949
Botswana771:28,4025,684
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Zimbabwe571:270,84628,330
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
England361:1,547,72466,012
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Simwanza (174) may also be a first name.

Simwanza Last Name Facts

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

Simwanza is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Simwanza? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 19,871st most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 264,655 people. The last name Simwanza occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Simwanza are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 692,220th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 174 people.

Simwanza is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 19,774 people, or 1 in 802. In Zambia Simwanza is primarily concentrated in: Muchinga Province, where 37 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 21 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Zambia this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 21 percent reside and Malawi, where 4 percent reside.

Simwanza Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Simwanza earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 31.22% less than the national average, earning R 163,440 per year and in United States they earn 37.33% less than the national average, earning $27,042 USD per year.

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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 Simwanza
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