Limala Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
Limala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 124 | 1:167,492 | 17,964 |
| Tanzania | 117 | 1:452,492 | 31,593 |
| India | 116 | 1:6,612,633 | 149,434 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Limala (497) may also be a first name.
Limala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Limala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Limala (Marathi: िलमाला, Oriya: ଲିମାଲା, Russian: Лимала) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Limala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 755,622nd most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 19,228,353 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Limala live; 32 percent live in Central Africa and 32 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 380,582nd most numerous first name in the world It is held by 497 people.
Limala is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 167,492. In Cameroon Limala is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 65 percent live, Littoral Region, where 32 percent live and South Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 31 percent live and India, where 31 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Limala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Limala in the Marathi language | ||
| िलमाला | ilamala | - |
| Limala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲିମାଲା | limala | 83.33 |
| ନିମାଲା | nimala | 16.67 |
| Limala in the Russian language | ||
| Лимала | limala | - |
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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 Limala
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