Gilimba Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Gilimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Gilimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gilimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gilimba occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gilimba.
How Common Is The Last Name Gilimba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gilimba live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Gilimba is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Free State, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngilimba | 93 | 22 | / |
| Ilimba | 92 | 470 | / |
| Gilmba | 92 | 5 | / |
| Jilimba | 86 | 277 | / |
| Gilemba | 86 | 33 | / |
| Silimba | 86 | 26 | / |
| Cilimba | 86 | 19 | / |
| Gulimba | 86 | 11 | / |
| Ilimbay | 86 | 7 | / |
| Gilumba | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ilimbai | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gilimbi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gilimbo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gilinba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chilimba | 80 | 2,869 | / |
| Khilimba | 80 | 16 | / |
| Siluimba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Guelimba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngilimbi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ilemba | 77 | 1,464 | / |
| Glemba | 77 | 753 | / |
| Elimba | 77 | 49 | / |
| Ilimbo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gulumba | 71 | 1,184 | / |
| Silemba | 71 | 843 | / |
| Gilembe | 71 | 280 | / |
| Cilemba | 71 | 116 | / |
| Zilimwa | 71 | 96 | / |
| Selimba | 71 | 57 | / |
| Gelemba | 71 | 48 | / |
| Ilimbou | 71 | 14 | / |
| Zilemba | 71 | 10 | / |
| Gulemba | 71 | 8 | / |
| Gelumba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gilembo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Silimbo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Silinba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Chaileimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ng'hilimva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hilemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elimb'a | 71 | 1 | / |
| Silimua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jelimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ilembea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jilemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chilemba | 67 | 9,423 | / |
| Chilimbo | 67 | 113 | / |
| Ngelemba | 67 | 75 | / |
| Gulumbay | 67 | 42 | / |
| Guelemba | 67 | 21 | / |
| Elimbatt | 67 | 7 | / |
| Selimbau | 67 | 6 | / |
| Selimbai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jelimbau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngilembi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gülümbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elmba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iolhemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sailimbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silembai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Djelimba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gilimba
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