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
Limamu is found in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Limamu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 603,653rd most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 14,178,105 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Limamu live; 72 percent live in Southern Africa and 72 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Limamu is also the 980,251st most widely held first name on earth, borne by 94 people.
This surname is most common in Malawi, where it is borne by 366 people, or 1 in 46,774. Besides Malawi it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 26 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
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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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