Dimalu Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Dimalu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dimalu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Dimalu (37) may also be a first name.

Dimalu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dimalu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dimalu (Hindi: दिमालू, Marathi: डीमळू) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dimalu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 45 percent of Dimalu live; 45 percent live in Oceania Islands and 45 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 37 people.

The surname Dimalu is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea Dimalu is primarily concentrated in: Madang, where 80 percent reside and Hela, where 20 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 36 percent reside and India, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dimalau9212/
Daimalu921/
Dimmalu921/
Dimalou921/
Dhimalau861/
Dimelu8372/
Dimolu833/
Demalu833/
Dumalu832/
Demaleu773/
Dimelau772/
Dimolou771/
Dhumalu771/
Deumaleu7116/
Dimeleuh7111/
Dimoulou712/
Daimoğlu711/
Demelu6792/
Demolu678/
Dumolu673/
Demailleux631/
Demoğlu6249/
Dummolu6216/
Demeleu621/
Demoulu621/
Dhemolu621/
Hıdımoğlu53222/

Dimalu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dimalu in the Marathi language
डीमळूdimalu-
Dimalu in the Hindi language
दिमालूdimalu50
डिमलूdimalu50

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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 Dimalu
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