Simphiwe
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Simphiwe is a given name, most frequently recorded in South Africa, where it is the 75th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Swahili, written in the Latin script.
- ZASouth Africa1 in 1.3K◐
- SZEswatini1 in 758
- ZWZimbabwe1 in 105K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2 ●
- Sources
- 82 ●
- 1 in 19M ◐
across 1 country
26K records
Official registry-verified
Poland
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●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | #75 | 25,799 | 26K rec. | — | — | Simphiwe | 82 |
| US United States | — | 119 | 78 rec. | — | — | Simphiwe | 33 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 30 | 22 rec. | — | — | Simphiwe | 18 |
| AU Australia | — | 22 | 22 rec. | — | — | Simphiwe | 9 |
| SZ Eswatini | #62 | 8 | 28 rec. | — | 8 | Simphiwe | 11 |
| ZW Zimbabwe | — | 8 | 7 rec. | — | — | Simphiwe | 7 |
| FR France | — | 6 | 7 rec. | — | — | Simphiwe | 3 |
| CA Canada | — | 5 | 3 rec. | — | 1 | Simphiwe | 3 |
| DE Germany | — | 5 | 9 rec. | — | — | Simphiwe | 5 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 5 | 4 rec. | — | — | Simphiwe | 1 |
| PL Poland | — | 2 | — | 1 in 19M | 2 | — | — |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English18K60%
- Swahili3.2K11%
- English (South Africa)2.8K9%
- Bangla7102%
- Dutch6292%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 18,097 | 60% |
| Swahili | 3,229 | 11% |
| English (South Africa) | 2,767 | 9% |
| Bangla | 710 | 2% |
| Dutch | 629 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Simphiwe Danab. 1980ZASouth African singer and composer (born 1980)
- Simmyb. 1994ZAnot in their usual nameSouth African singer-songwriter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SZ Eswatini | Eswatini EBC 2023 Secondary Elections candidate ballots | 2023 | 8 | #31 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #40,035 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #26,544 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 2 | #12,164 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 2 | #43,019 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 1 | #2,418 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2022 | 1 | #2,258 |
| SZ Eswatini | The page lists the top 100 traditional Eswatini names along with their meanings and cultural significance, provided by K | — | — | #23 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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 · 8 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Simphiwe?
- We estimate roughly 2 people bear Simphiwe (counting its spellings and scripts) across 1 country in our records.
- In which country does Simphiwe have the most bearers?
- Simphiwe is most frequently recorded in South Africa, where it is most often spelled simphiwe.
- How common is Simphiwe compared with other names?
- In South Africa, Simphiwe is the 75th most common given name of 215,346 given names recorded there.
- Is Simphiwe a male or female name?
- Simphiwe is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
Query this name via API
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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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Simphiwe” — the 75th most common given name in South Africa. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.