Limam Surname
Approximately 11,358 people bear this surname
Limam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 4,870 | 1:7,933 | 1,354 |
| Mauritania | 4,110 | 1:996 | 138 |
| Morocco | 1,500 | 1:22,984 | 3,586 |
| Nigeria | 419 | 1:422,775 | 21,904 |
| Tunisia | 147 | 1:4,154 | 648 |
| France | 100 | 1:664,227 | 85,408 |
| Spain | 23 | 1:2,032,697 | 53,462 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Limam (3,399) may also be a first name.
Limam Demographics
Average Limam Salary in
United States
$37,354 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Limam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Limam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Limam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻤﺎﻡ, Marathi: िलमाम) is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Limam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 45,661st most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 641,622 people. Limam is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Limam live; 57 percent live in North Africa and 57 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 122,140th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 3,399 people.
It is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 4,870 people, or 1 in 7,933. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Oran Province, where 40 percent reside, Bouïra Province, where 17 percent reside and Béchar Province, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Algeria this surname occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 36 percent reside and Morocco, where 13 percent reside.
Limam Last Name Statistics demography
Limam earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.43% less than the national average, earning $37,354 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Limam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Limam in the Marathi language | ||
| िलमाम | ilamama | - |
| Limam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻤﺎﻡ | lmam | 67.31 |
| ﺍﻻﻣﺎﻡ | alamam | 20.82 |
| ﺍﻹﻣﺎﻡ | alamam | 10.21 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻡ | almam | 0.68 |
| ﻟﻴﻤﺎﻡ | lymam | 0.51 |
| ﻟﻤﻠﻢ | lmlm | 0.17 |
| ﺍﻷﻣﺎﻡ | alamam | 0.06 |
| ﺍﻣﺎﻡ | amam | 0.06 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻣﻲ | almamy | 0.06 |
| ﻻﻣﺎﻡ | lamam | 0.06 |
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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 Limam
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