Limai Surname
Approximately 468 people bear this surname
Limai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 134 | 1:5,724,369 | 136,722 |
| Kenya | 78 | 1:592,050 | 27,720 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| Malaysia | 47 | 1:627,537 | 30,158 |
| Thailand | 37 | 1:1,909,144 | 231,790 |
| Solomon Islands | 32 | 1:18,126 | 3,487 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Taiwan | 21 | 1:1,116,416 | 7,706 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Limaï (1) are calculated separately.
Limai (585) may also be a first name.
Limai Demographics
Limai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Limai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Limai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Limai (Marathi: िलमाई, Oriya: ଲିମାଇ) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Limaï. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Limai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Limai is the 646,966th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 15,571,679 people. The surname Limai occurs mostly in Asia, where 55 percent of Limai are found; 29 percent are found in South Asia and 29 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Limai is also the 345,974th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 585 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 5,724,369. In India Limai is most frequent in: Odisha, where 53 percent reside, West Bengal, where 32 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 14 percent reside. Besides India it is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 17 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside.
Limai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Limai surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Limai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Limai in the Marathi language | ||
| िलमाई | ilama'i | - |
| Limai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲିମାଇ | lima'i | 89.32 |
| ଲୀମାଇ | lima'i | 3.88 |
| ଲିମା | lima | 2.91 |
| ଲିମାଈ | lima'i | 0.97 |
| ଳିମାଇ | lima'i | 0.97 |
| ଦିମାଇ | dima'i | 0.97 |
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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 Limai
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