Alimu Surname
Approximately 2,235 people bear this surname
Alimu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 758 | 1:22,585 | 3,433 |
| Nigeria | 691 | 1:256,357 | 14,767 |
| Indonesia | 416 | 1:317,907 | 27,920 |
| Uganda | 207 | 1:188,596 | 15,445 |
| Tanzania | 75 | 1:705,888 | 40,428 |
| Zimbabwe | 33 | 1:467,825 | 39,606 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Alimù (1) are calculated separately.
Alimu (2,141) may also be a first name.
Alimu Demographics
Average Alimu Salary in
United States
$49,042 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Alimu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alimu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alimu (Hindi: अलीमु, Marathi: अिलमु) is most common in Malawi. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Alimù. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alimu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alimu is the 189,068th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,260,647 people. The last name Alimu occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Alimu reside; 35 percent reside in Southern Africa and 35 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 162,262nd most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 2,141 people.
The surname Alimu is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Excluding Malawi Alimu exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 31 percent are found and Indonesia, where 19 percent are found.
Alimu Last Name Statistics demography
Alimu earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.66% more than the national average, earning $49,042 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alimu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alimu in the Hindi language | ||
| अलीमु | alimu | 63.64 |
| अलीमू | alimu | 27.67 |
| अलिमु | alimu | 4.35 |
| अलिमू | alimu | 1.58 |
| अलीम | alima | 0.79 |
| आलीमु | alimu | 0.4 |
| आलिमु | alimu | 0.4 |
| Alimu in the Marathi language | ||
| अिलमु | ailamu | 50 |
| अलीमु | alimu | 50 |
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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 Alimu
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