Limau Surname
Approximately 838 people bear this surname
Limau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 585 | 1:226,067 | 21,048 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Malaysia | 84 | 1:351,122 | 18,683 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Limau (460) may also be a first name.
Limau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Limau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Limau (Hindi: लिमउा, Marathi: िलमाउ) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Limau.
How Common Is The Last Name Limau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Limau is the 415,385th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 8,696,356 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Limau are found; 80 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 80 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 397,789th most frequent forename worldwide It is held by 460 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 585 people, or 1 in 226,067. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: Maluku, where 37 percent are found, East Nusa Tenggara, where 34 percent are found and North Maluku, where 16 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found and Malaysia, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Limau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Limau in the Hindi language | ||
| लिमउा | limaua | - |
| Limau in the Marathi language | ||
| िलमाउ | ilama'u | - |
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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 Limau
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