Jimu Surname
Approximately 16,782 people bear this surname
Jimu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 8,600 | 1:1,991 | 229 |
| Zimbabwe | 6,998 | 1:2,206 | 142 |
| Tanzania | 507 | 1:104,421 | 10,188 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Indonesia | 166 | 1:796,682 | 60,566 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| China | 24 | 1:56,971,732 | 3,099 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Jimu (8,019) may also be a first name.
Jimu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jimu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jimu (Hindi: जिमू, Marathi: जीमु, Oriya: ଜିମୁ) is found most frequently in Malawi. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jimu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 31,788th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 434,248 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Jimu live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Jimu is also the 70,980th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 8,019 people.
The surname Jimu is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 8,600 people, or 1 in 1,991. Excluding Malawi this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 42 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jimu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jimu in the Marathi language | ||
| जीमु | jimu | - |
| Jimu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜିମୁ | jimu | 50 |
| ଯିମୁ | yimu | 20 |
| ଜୀମୁ | jimu | 20 |
| ଜିମୂ | jimu | 10 |
| Jimu in the Hindi language | ||
| जिमू | jimu | 44.44 |
| जीमू | jimu | 38.89 |
| जिमु | jimu | 8.33 |
| जीमु | jimu | 8.33 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Jimu
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