Limamu Surname
Approximately 514 people bear this surname
Limamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Tanzania | 134 | 1:395,087 | 28,090 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Limamu (94) may also be a first name.
Limamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Limamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Limamu occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Limamu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Limamu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 603,653rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 14,178,105 people. Limamu occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Limamu are found; 72 percent are found in Southern Africa and 72 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 980,251st most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 94 people.
Limamu is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is held by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Barring Malawi it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 26 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
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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 Limamu
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