Simwelu Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Simwelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 98 | 1:161,734 | 11,370 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
Simwelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simwelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Simwelu is most common in Zambia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simwelu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,775,494th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Simwelu reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Simwelu is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 161,734. In Zambia it is most common in: Muchinga Province, where 44 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 33 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent live. Other than Zambia Simwelu is found in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 8 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
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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 Simwelu
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