Limape Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Limape Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Limape Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho821:24,7874,958
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Limape Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Limape Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Limape (Marathi: िलमापे) is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Limape? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,994,173rd most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name Limape is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Limape live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 24,787. In Lesotho Limape is most common in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 93 percent live and Maseru District, where 7 percent live. Besides Lesotho it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Limap9127/
Lumape83361/
Limapa83138/
Limapi83102/
Lemape8343/
Limope831/
Limhap831/
Limaphi77173/
Limmapa7712/
Limopeh777/
Liemapa776/
Limappa771/
Lemap7316/
Limab7310/
Limav731/
Laaimapa714/
Lemasper711/
Lumapi676/
Lemepe674/
Lemapa673/
Lumepe672/
Lumapy672/
Limhav671/
Limahpaja671/
Limopy671/
Limhop670/

Limape Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Limape in the Marathi language
िलमापेilamape-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Limape
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