Limboo Surname

28,401st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,918 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Limboo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Limboo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India18,0331:42,5372,968
Bhutan8541:72195
Nepal121:2,373,4138,828
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Limboo (34) may also be a first name.

Limboo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Limboo (Hindi: लिम्बू, Tibetan: ལིམ་བུ།) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Limboo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 28,401st most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 385,218 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Limboo are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Limboo is also the 1,775,424th most widespread given name worldwide. It is borne by 34 people.

This last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 18,033 people, or 1 in 42,537. In India Limboo is primarily concentrated in: Sikkim, where 78 percent are found, Assam, where 14 percent are found and West Bengal, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account India this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Bhutan, where 5 percent are found and Nepal, where 0 percent are found.

Limboo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Limboo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Limboo last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Limboot927/
Limbood922/
Limbo9112,344/
Lmboo911/
Limboy831,413/
Liombo83476/
Limbos83437/
Luimbo83207/
Liembo8384/
Limboa8364/
Laimbo8354/
Limboz8352/
Lemboo8344/
Limboh8330/
Limboi8327/
Limbou8325/
Limbod837/
Linboo834/
Loimbo834/
Liumbo833/
Lumboo832/
Limbuo832/
Limbho831/
Llimbo831/
Limbop831/
Leimbo830/
Lmbo802/
Limbuoy7769/
Limbouy7748/
Limbous7712/
Limboey776/
Limboyd771/
Limbuos771/
Liembuo771/
Limbu73218,666/
Lembo7314,580/
Lumbo7313,314/
Limba738,685/
Linbo73108/
Limbă736/
Lymbo734/
Limwo734/
Lmboy732/
Lømbo731/
Lmbos731/
Limbosch7147/
Limbad672,979/
Liumba671,949/
Liomba671,358/
Lumboy671,323/
Limbat67745/
Limbas67676/
Limbut67653/
Lyombo67607/
Luimbu67420/
Liemba67364/
Luimba67236/
Limbau67118/
Lembod6778/
Luembo6776/
Lemboh6762/
Lemboe6759/
Lemboy6755/
Limbud6741/
Limbah6736/
Liembu6734/
Loimba6730/
Laimba6729/
Limbhu6728/
Laimbu6728/
Limbus6723/
Lembos6717/
Lymboi6716/
Lembop6714/
Lembou6713/
Lembot6712/
Limmbu6711/
Leembo6710/
Limbha6710/
Laembo6710/
Limbuh6710/
Linboe677/
Lemboi677/
Linboz677/
Lymbou677/
Lienbo676/
Leimba675/
Lumbuo674/
Limbuu674/
Lumboh674/
Leambo673/
Limbaa672/
Linbod672/
Limbui671/
Limnbu671/
Lijmbu671/
Limmpo671/
Linmbu671/
Linboy671/
Llimba671/
Liombu671/
Lemboa671/
Limbeu671/
Limuot671/
Lymboz671/
Linboh671/
Lembho671/

Limboo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Limboo in the Tibetan language
ལིམ་བུ།limbu97.13
ལིམ་བ།limwa0.36
ལིམ་བུ་།limbu0.36
ལིབ་བུ།libbu0.36
ལིམ་བུlimbu0.36
བྷ་དུར་bhadur0.18
ལིམ་བུ།་limbu0.18
ཕིམ་བུ།pimbu0.18
ལིམ་་བུ།limbu0.18
ལེམ་བུ།lembu0.18
ལིམ་བུ་limbu0.18
མིལ་བུ།milbu0.18
ལིམ་བོ།limwo0.18
Limboo in the Hindi language
लिम्बूlimbu48.39
लिंबूlimbu48.39
लिम्बुlimbu3.23

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Limboo
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