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
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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 or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jimma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jimma is the 42,335th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 591,762 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Jimma reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 14,145th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 68,307 people.
The surname is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 11,430 people, or 1 in 8,534. Not including Ethiopia this surname occurs in 21 countries. It is also common 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 bearing the Jimma last name increased 4,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Jimma Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Jimma are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for 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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