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) is most common in Mozambique. It can also appear in the variant forms: Gimó. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gimo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,612th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 137,657 people. This surname 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 frequently used first name internationally, borne by 9,902 people.
It is most numerous in Mozambique, where it is held by 51,911 people, or 1 in 525. Other than Mozambique this last name is found in 39 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 1 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
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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