Limboo Surname
Approximately 18,918 people bear this surname
Limboo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 18,033 | 1:42,537 | 2,968 |
| Bhutan | 854 | 1:721 | 95 |
| Nepal | 12 | 1:2,373,413 | 8,828 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
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
Limboo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Limboo in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལིམ་བུ། | limbu | 97.13 |
| ལིམ་བ། | limwa | 0.36 |
| ལིམ་བུ་། | limbu | 0.36 |
| ལིབ་བུ། | libbu | 0.36 |
| ལིམ་བུ | limbu | 0.36 |
| བྷ་དུར་ | bhadur | 0.18 |
| ལིམ་བུ།་ | limbu | 0.18 |
| ཕིམ་བུ། | pimbu | 0.18 |
| ལིམ་་བུ། | limbu | 0.18 |
| ལེམ་བུ། | lembu | 0.18 |
| ལིམ་བུ་ | limbu | 0.18 |
| མིལ་བུ། | milbu | 0.18 |
| ལིམ་བོ། | limwo | 0.18 |
| Limboo in the Hindi language | ||
| लिम्बू | limbu | 48.39 |
| लिंबू | limbu | 48.39 |
| लिम्बु | limbu | 3.23 |
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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 Limboo
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