Jimpa Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Jimpa Surname User-submission:
The Jimpa surname comes from the Tibetan word, meaning 'generosity'.
Jimpa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Bhutan | 3 | 1:205,346 | 1,091 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Jimpa (72) may also be a first name.
Jimpa Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Jimpa surname comes from the Tibetan word, meaning 'generosity'.
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Where Does The Last Name Jimpa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jimpa (Hindi: जिम्पा, Tibetan: སྦྱིན་པ་) occurs most in Indonesia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Jimpa.
How Common Is The Last Name Jimpa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,506,728th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Jimpa are found; 63 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 61 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,143,416th most widely held forename internationally. It is borne by 72 people.
This last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 6,011,327. In Indonesia Jimpa is primarily concentrated in: Central Sulawesi, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 24 percent are found and India, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jimpa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jimpa in the Hindi language | ||
| जिम्पा | jimpa | - |
| Jimpa in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྦྱིན་པ་ | jinpa | 58.06 |
| སྦྱིན་པ། | jinpa | 12.9 |
| བྱིན་པ་ | jinpa | 9.68 |
| བྱིན་པ། | jinpa | 6.45 |
| འཛིམ་བ་ | dzimwa | 3.23 |
| འབྱིན་བ་ | jinwa | 3.23 |
| སྦྱིམ་པ་ | jimpa | 3.23 |
| འབྱིན་པ་ | jinpa | 3.23 |
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