Gilima Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Gilima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Gilima (89) may also be a first name.
Gilima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gilima (Hindi: गिलीमा, Oriya: ଗିଲିମା) is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gilima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilima? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gilima is the 1,067,497th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gilima reside; 64 percent reside in Central Africa and 64 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Gilima is also the 1,011,231st most common first name throughout the world, borne by 89 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 492,530. Outside of The DR Congo Gilima is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 32 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gilima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gilima in the Hindi language | ||
| गिलीमा | gilima | - |
| Gilima in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗିଲିମା | gilima | - |
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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 Gilima
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