Korlima Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Korlima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Korlima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1751:263,88517,546
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Korlima Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Korlima Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Korlima is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Korlima? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,281,391st most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name Korlima is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Korlima reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 263,885. In Kenya Korlima is primarily concentrated in: West Pokot County, where 99 percent reside and Baringo County, where 1 percent reside. Other than Kenya Korlima occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Liberia, where 1 percent reside.

Korlima Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Korlimai931/
Korlaimau8814/
Karlima8614/
Korluma861/
Karlimah8028/
Courlima801/
Korlemma801/
Kurlimath759/
Khoirelleima741/
Karlimi711/
Karlema711/
Kourleme671/
Karlaime671/
Kerlemah671/
Karlemma671/
Karleama671/
Karlhime670/
Kaarlimäe631/
Karlemo5736/
Karlemi5712/
Carlimo575/
Kaarlemo531/
Gkarlemos5076/
Gkarlemou5056/

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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 Korlima
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