Ishimwe
surname · Swahili · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Ishimwe is a surname, most frequently recorded in Rwanda. It appears chiefly in Swahili and French, written in the Latin script.
- RWRwanda1 in 166◐
- BEBelgium1 in 45K
- SESweden1 in 47K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| RW Rwanda | 999 | 22% |
| BE Belgium | 893 | 20% |
| US United States | 718 | 16% |
| FR France | 561 | 13% |
| SE Sweden | 254 | 6% |
≈3,425 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Swahili1.3K30%
- French1K24%
- English56113%
- Dutch42910%
- Polish2556%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Swahili | 1,331 | 30% |
| French | 1,047 | 24% |
| English | 561 | 13% |
| Dutch | 429 | 10% |
| Polish | 255 | 6% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 7 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 6 years between 2020–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Evidence●
Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RW Rwanda | NISR Rwanda Vital Statistics / CRVS — top-20 baby given names by sex | 2025 | 8.4K | #1 |
| RW Rwanda | NISR Rwanda Vital Statistics / CRVS — top-20 baby given names by sex | 2024 | 6.8K | #1 |
| RW Rwanda | NISR Rwanda Vital Statistics / CRVS — top-20 baby given names by sex | 2025 | 5.9K | #2 |
| RW Rwanda | NISR Rwanda Vital Statistics / CRVS — top-20 baby given names by sex | 2024 | 4.5K | #3 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 326 | #5,136 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 124 | #12,643 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 95 | #7,526 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 70 | #20,421 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 44 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 44 | #54,208 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 38 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 38 | #60,143 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 39 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Ishimwe?
- Our records include 3,425 bearers of Ishimwe across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Ishimwe have the most bearers?
- Ishimwe is most frequently recorded in Rwanda.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ishimwe”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.