Simwemba Surname
Approximately 470 people bear this surname
Simwemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 464 | 1:34,159 | 3,452 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Simwemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simwemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Simwemba is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Simwemba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 645,032nd most commonly held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 15,505,417 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Simwemba live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 464 people, or 1 in 34,159. In Zambia Simwemba is primarily found in: Southern Province, where 58 percent live, Lusaka Province, where 19 percent live and Central Province, where 9 percent live. Beside Zambia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 1 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simweemba | 94 | 3,100 | / |
| Shimweemba | 89 | 1 | / |
| Simweemnba | 89 | 1 | / |
| Simwimba | 88 | 1,581 | / |
| Simwamba | 88 | 198 | / |
| Semwemba | 88 | 4 | / |
| Simwembo | 88 | 2 | / |
| Simbemba | 88 | 1 | / |
| Simwembe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shimwamba | 82 | 91 | / |
| Simweembe | 82 | 28 | / |
| Ssemwemba | 82 | 10 | / |
| Simwaamba | 82 | 4 | / |
| Shimwimba | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shimwaamba | 78 | 4 | / |
| Chimweemba | 78 | 1 | / |
| Zimwamba | 75 | 47 | / |
| Semwamba | 75 | 10 | / |
| Sembemba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Simwinba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Simbembe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chimwembe | 71 | 331 | / |
| Chimwimba | 71 | 54 | / |
| Chinwemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chimwembo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Simuhimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sembmba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chimweembe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Simbimbi | 63 | 34 | / |
| Chinwenba | 59 | 4 | / |
| Chimwimbi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sembembi | 50 | 1 | / |
| Chinwnba | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Simwemba
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