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 last name Limboo (Hindi: लिम्बू, Tibetan: ལིམ་བུ།) occurs most in India. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Limboo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Limboo is the 28,401st most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 385,218 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Limboo live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly held given name globally, held by 34 people.

The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 18,033 people, or 1 in 42,537. In India Limboo is mostly concentrated in: Sikkim, where 78 percent reside, Assam, where 14 percent reside and West Bengal, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account India this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Bhutan, where 5 percent reside and Nepal, where 0 percent reside.

Limboo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Limboo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Limboo last name decreased 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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