Ilimbe Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Gabon

Ilimbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ilimbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Ilimbe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ilimbe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ilimbe is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ilimbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ilimbe is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ilimbe reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Ilimbe is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 10,335,602. In Benin it is most frequent in: Plateau Department, where 100 percent reside. Barring Benin this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Gabon, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ilimbee9270/
Ilimber921/
Ilimbeer861/
Ilumbe834,075/
Ilembe831,676/
Ilimba83470/
Elimbe8391/
Ilimbi8346/
Gilmbe831/
Ilimwe831/
Gilembe77280/
Jilimba77277/
Ilembet7727/
Illumbe7723/
Ilimbay777/
Jilumbe774/
Ilimbai772/
Gilimbi771/
Ilinbee771/
Ilembea771/
Elimbee771/
Ailimbi771/
Elmbe731/
Elliombe717/
Ellimbey711/
Aillimue711/
Jilembee711/
Elembe673,230/
Ilemba671,464/
Elimbi671,301/
Elumbe67183/
Elimby6787/
Ulembe6772/
Elimba6749/
Ilumbi6723/
Ilembi6710/
Ellmbe674/
Ulumbe674/
Ilimwa672/
Elmber672/
Ilimui671/
Ujlmbe671/
Helmbe670/

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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 Ilimbe
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