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 last name Jimpa (Hindi: जिम्पा, Tibetan: སྦྱིན་པ་) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jimpa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,506,728th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 86 percent of Jimpa live; 63 percent live in Southeast Asia and 61 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jimpa is also the 1,143,416th most common first name in the world, held by 72 people.
Jimpa is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 6,011,327. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Central Sulawesi, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia Jimpa is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 24 percent live and India, where 19 percent live.
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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