Limah Surname
Approximately 630 people bear this surname
Limah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 443 | 1:298,531 | 26,540 |
| Malaysia | 96 | 1:307,232 | 16,754 |
| Brazil | 39 | 1:5,489,085 | 137,424 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Limah (8,461) may also be a first name.
Limah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Limah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Limah (Hindi: लीमाह) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Limah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 517,348th most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,567,533 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Limah live; 86 percent live in Southeast Asia and 86 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 68,532nd most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 8,461 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 443 people, or 1 in 298,531. In Indonesia Limah is most frequent in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 30 percent are found, West Kalimantan, where 20 percent are found and Aceh, where 11 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this surname occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 15 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Limah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Limah in the Hindi language | ||
| लीमाह | limaha | - |
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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 Limah
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