Gimo Surname
Approximately 52,940 people bear this surname
Gimo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 51,911 | 1:525 | 109 |
| Philippines | 337 | 1:300,410 | 42,618 |
| Indonesia | 151 | 1:875,822 | 65,732 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96 | 1:84,935 | 11,249 |
| Nigeria | 73 | 1:2,426,613 | 80,686 |
| Spain | 54 | 1:865,778 | 34,484 |
| Israel | 50 | 1:171,153 | 17,369 |
| Solomon Islands | 27 | 1:21,483 | 4,219 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Cape Verde | 8 | 1:66,205 | 2,334 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
The alternate forms: Gimó (3) are calculated separately.
Gimo (9,902) may also be a first name.
Gimo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gimo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gimo (Russian: Гимо) occurs in Mozambique more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Gimó. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gimo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,612th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 137,657 people. Gimo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gimo reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 61,655th most common first name on earth, borne by 9,902 people.
Gimo is most frequently occurring in Mozambique, where it is carried by 51,911 people, or 1 in 525. Not including Mozambique this surname occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gimo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gimo in the Russian language | ||
| Гимо | gimo | - |
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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 Gimo
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