Jimat Surname
Approximately 532 people bear this surname
Jimat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 249 | 1:118,451 | 7,826 |
| Indonesia | 228 | 1:580,040 | 46,367 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jimat (1,229) may also be a first name.
Jimat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jimat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jimat (Hindi: जीमत, Marathi: जिमळ, Oriya: ଜୀମତ) is most common in Malaysia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jimat? popularity and diffusion
It is the 587,571st most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,698,395 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Jimat reside; 90 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 90 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 225,676th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 1,229 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is carried by 249 people, or 1 in 118,451. In Malaysia Jimat is primarily concentrated in: Sarawak, where 82 percent reside, Johor, where 6 percent reside and Sabah, where 4 percent reside. Besides Malaysia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 43 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jimat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jimat in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜୀମତ | jimata | - |
| Jimat in the Hindi language | ||
| जीमत | jimata | 71.43 |
| जीमता | jimata | 14.29 |
| जिमत | jimata | 7.14 |
| जिमटा | jimata | 7.14 |
| Jimat in the Marathi language | ||
| जिमळ | jimala | 50 |
| जीमत | jimata | 50 |
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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 Jimat
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