Chilimo Surname
Approximately 753 people bear this surname
Chilimo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 750 | 1:70,589 | 7,406 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Chilimo (91) may also be a first name.
Chilimo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilimo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chilimo (Tibetan: ཅི་ལི་མོ།) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilimo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 451,199th most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 9,678,016 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chilimo reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Chilimo is also the 998,282nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 91 people.
Chilimo is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 750 people, or 1 in 70,589. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 40 percent reside, Morogoro Region, where 30 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chilimo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chilimo in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཅི་ལི་མོ། | chilimo | - |
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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
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- 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 Chilimo
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