Jimma Surname
Approximately 12,315 people bear this surname
Jimma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 11,430 | 1:8,534 | 1,320 |
| Nigeria | 611 | 1:289,923 | 16,281 |
| India | 132 | 1:5,811,101 | 137,947 |
| United States | 41 | 1:8,840,462 | 379,649 |
| Nepal | 27 | 1:1,054,850 | 6,184 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Jimma (68,307) may also be a first name.
Jimma Demographics
Average Jimma Salary in
United States
$41,197 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jimma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jimma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jimma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻤﻊ, Hindi: जिम्मा) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jimma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 42,335th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 591,762 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Jimma live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Jimma is also the 14,145th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 68,307 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 11,430 people, or 1 in 8,534. Not including Ethiopia this surname exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Jimma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Jimma has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Jimma surname increased 4,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Jimma Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jimma surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.
Jimma earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.52% less than the national average, earning $41,197 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jimma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jimma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻤﻊ | jm | - |
| Jimma in the Hindi language | ||
| जिम्मा | jim'ma | 97.83 |
| जीम्मा | jim'ma | 2.17 |
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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 Jimma
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