Simwengu Surname
Approximately 495 people bear this surname
Simwengu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 493 | 1:107,387 | 10,430 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
Simwengu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simwengu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simwengu occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Simwengu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 620,716th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 14,722,315 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Simwengu are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 493 people, or 1 in 107,387. In Tanzania Simwengu is mostly found in: Songwe Region, where 96 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 2 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 2 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Zambia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Simwengu
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