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 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
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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- 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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