Leima Surname
Approximately 8,653 people bear this surname
Leima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8,391 | 1:91,415 | 6,057 |
| Papua New Guinea | 108 | 1:75,497 | 9,888 |
| Estonia | 54 | 1:24,478 | 4,454 |
| Benin | 35 | 1:295,303 | 24,440 |
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Leïma (6) are calculated separately.
Leima (921) may also be a first name.
Leima Demographics
Average Leima Salary in
United States
$50,482 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Leima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Leima (Bengali: লেইমা, Georgian: ლეიმა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻠﻴﻤﻪ) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Leïma. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 58,434th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 842,199 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Leima are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 266,960th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 921 people.
Leima is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 8,391 people, or 1 in 91,415. In India Leima is most numerous in: Manipur, where 100 percent live, Assam, where 0 percent live and Arunachal Pradesh, where 0 percent live. Other than India this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and Estonia, where 1 percent live.
Leima Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Leima has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Leima surname rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Leima Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Leima earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 44.97% more than the national average, earning $32,911,700 COP per year and in United States they earn 16.99% more than the national average, earning $50,482 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leima in the Georgian language | ||
| ლეიმა | leima | - |
| Leima in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻠﻴﻤﻪ | llymh | - |
| Leima in the Bengali language | ||
| লেইমা | le'ima | - |
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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 Leima
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