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 held by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jimu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jimu is the 31,788th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 434,248 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Jimu are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Jimu is also the 70,980th most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 8,019 people.
The last name Jimu is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 8,600 people, or 1 in 1,991. Apart from Malawi this last name occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs 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
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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 Jimu
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