Jimama Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Jimama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Jimama (220) may also be a first name.
Jimama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jimama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jimama is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jimama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jimama is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Jimama is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Jimama live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 608,246th most frequently used given name throughout the world, held by 220 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Jimama is primarily found in: Rivers, where 75 percent live and Benue, where 25 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Jimama exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 29 percent live and Ireland, where 14 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Jimama
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