Simwewa Surname
Approximately 420 people bear this surname
Simwewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 419 | 1:126,352 | 11,892 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Simwewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simwewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Simwewa has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Simwewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 701,000th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. Simwewa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Simwewa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 419 people, or 1 in 126,352. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Songwe Region, where 99 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also common 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 Simwewa
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