Leema Surname
Approximately 1,550 people bear this surname
Leema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| South Africa | 332 | 1:163,186 | 18,270 |
| Lesotho | 239 | 1:8,504 | 1,912 |
| Thailand | 154 | 1:458,691 | 80,467 |
| Nigeria | 148 | 1:1,196,911 | 48,419 |
| India | 148 | 1:5,182,874 | 128,264 |
| Uganda | 116 | 1:336,546 | 22,436 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Leema (3,968) may also be a first name.
Leema Demographics
Average Leema Salary in
South Africa
R 121,056
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Leema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Leema (Hindi: लीमा, Oriya: ଲିମା) is held by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Leema click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Leema is the 254,715th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,701,643 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 54 percent of Leema live; 37 percent live in Southern Africa and 37 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Leema is also the 110,991st most frequently used forename at a global level. It is borne by 3,968 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Other than Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 21 percent reside and Lesotho, where 15 percent reside.
Leema Last Name Statistics demography
Leema earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.06% less than the national average, earning R 121,056 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leema in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲିମା | lima | 91.67 |
| ଲୀମା | lima | 8.33 |
| Leema in the Hindi language | ||
| लीमा | lima | 87.5 |
| एस | esa | 12.5 |
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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 Leema
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