Ilimba Surname
Approximately 470 people bear this surname
Ilimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 424 | 1:174,244 | 17,772 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Ilimba (45) may also be a first name.
Ilimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ilimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ilimba is found most in The DR Congo. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ilimba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ilimba is the 645,032nd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 15,505,417 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Ilimba live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ilimba is also the 1,504,468th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 45 people.
It is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 424 people, or 1 in 174,244. Excluding The DR Congo Ilimba is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jilimba | 92 | 277 | / |
| Gilimba | 92 | 7 | / |
| Ilimbay | 92 | 7 | / |
| Ilimbai | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ilemba | 83 | 1,464 | / |
| Ilumba | 83 | 1,225 | / |
| Ulimba | 83 | 126 | / |
| Elimba | 83 | 49 | / |
| Ilimbi | 83 | 46 | / |
| Gilmba | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ilimbe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ilimbo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ilimwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Jilumba | 77 | 1,500 | / |
| Ilimbee | 77 | 70 | / |
| Yilumba | 77 | 57 | / |
| Gilemba | 77 | 33 | / |
| Ilimbou | 77 | 14 | / |
| Hilumba | 77 | 5 | / |
| Illumba | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gilinba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gilimbi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ailimbi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elimb'a | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gilimbo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ilembea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ilimber | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jilemba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hilemba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elmba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elimbatt | 71 | 7 | / |
| Iolhemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ilimbeer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elumba | 67 | 12,490 | / |
| Elemba | 67 | 2,497 | / |
| Ilembe | 67 | 1,676 | / |
| Elimbi | 67 | 1,301 | / |
| Ilembo | 67 | 558 | / |
| Ilumbo | 67 | 210 | / |
| Elimbe | 67 | 91 | / |
| Elimby | 67 | 87 | / |
| Ulumba | 67 | 84 | / |
| Elimbo | 67 | 71 | / |
| Ulemba | 67 | 64 | / |
| Ilinua | 67 | 27 | / |
| Ulimbo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ilembi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Hilehemba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elmbaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jilumbhai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gilmbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jlmbai | 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 Ilimba
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