Limbu Surname

2,533rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218,666 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nepal
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Limbu Surname User-submission:

The Limbu surname comes from the words li, meaning 'arrow', and bu, meaning 'bow'. Their ancestors were hunters and the majority of them hunted wild birds with bow and arrow. Most Limbu people now are the indigenous people of the Himalayas, the northeast part of Nepal, bordering Tibet, China.

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Limbu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nepal154,7641:18439
India44,7321:17,1481,364
Tanzania8,6901:6,092787
Bhutan3,7391:16533
Qatar1,5261:1,545121
England7941:70,1748,081
Saudi Arabia7161:43,0956,100
Malaysia6381:46,2293,689
United Arab Emirates5931:15,4511,876
Indonesia5851:226,06721,048
Brunei3741:1,120223
Bahrain2501:5,394963
Hong Kong2391:30,692530
Macau2341:2,571249
Kuwait1541:24,6803,145
United States1021:3,553,519199,004
Thailand811:872,078137,928
Papua New Guinea751:108,71614,715
Australia701:385,65331,598
Singapore681:80,9963,278
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Wales201:154,72710,755
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Afghanistan131:2,473,32216,278
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Myanmar91:5,770,887975
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Iceland61:63,3484,218
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Namibia61:401,56710,578
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Maldives21:202,0864,973
France21:33,211,361423,184
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malta11:430,2723,380
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Dominica11:75,891912
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Limbu (6,043) may also be a first name.

Limbu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Limbu surname comes from the words li, meaning 'arrow', and bu, meaning 'bow'. Their ancestors were hunters and the majority of them hunted wild birds with bow and arrow. Most Limbu people now are the indigenous people of the Himalayas, the northeast part of Nepal, bordering Tibet, China.

- subashlimbu

Limbu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Limbu (Bengali: লিম্বু, Hindi: लिम्बू, Marathi: लींबु, Oriya: ଲିୁ, Russian: Лимбу, Tibetan: ལིམ་བུ།) occurs more in Nepal more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Limbu? popularity and diffusion

Limbu is the 2,533rd most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 33,327 people. The surname Limbu is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Limbu are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 91 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 85,285th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 6,043 people.

The last name Limbu is most frequent in Nepal, where it is borne by 154,764 people, or 1 in 184. In Nepal Limbu is primarily concentrated in: Mechi, where 49 percent live, Koshi, where 48 percent live and Bagmati, where 2 percent live. Beside Nepal this surname occurs in 65 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.

Limbu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Limbu are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Limbu earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 30.47% less than the national average, earning $30,003 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.38% more than the national average, earning $63,784 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Limbut91653/
Luimbu91420/
Limbau91118/
Limbud9141/
Liembu9134/
Laimbu9128/
Limbhu9128/
Limbou9125/
Limbus9123/
Liumbu9121/
Limmbu9111/
Limbuh9110/
Limbuu914/
Limnbu911/
Lijmbu911/
Limbui911/
Linmbu911/
Liombu911/
Limbeu911/
Lmbu892/
Limbouy8348/
Limbuth8329/
Limbaus8315/
Limbous8312/
Laimbui836/
Laimbuh831/
Limbult831/
Limvu8054,414/
Lumbu8032,229/
Lembu801,386/
Linbu8081/
Lymbu8010/
Limwu803/
Lömbu803/
Lõmbu803/
Lmbut802/
Limbauth774/
Limbauch771/
Limboo7318,918/
Lembut73222/
Lumbau7355/
Linbut7351/
Lembus7337/
Lembau7313/
Lembou7313/
Lymbou737/
Luembu736/
Luumbu734/
Lembeu734/
Lembui734/
Lumbui732/
Lembhu732/
Lumbuy731/
Lumbuh731/
Leambu731/
Lembuy731/
Hlembu731/
Loembu731/
Leumbou6765/
Lembuch6736/
Limboey676/
Lnbu672/
Linnbus670/

Limbu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Limbu in the Bengali language
লিম্বুlimbu-
Limbu in the Marathi language
लींबुlimbu-
Limbu in the Tibetan language
ལིམ་བུ།limbu98.96
ལིབ་བུ།libbu0.3
ལིམབུ།limbu0.18
ལིམ་བུlimbu0.12
ལིམ་བི།limbi0.12
ལེམ་བུ།lembu0.12
ལི་བུ།libu0.06
སུ་བཱ།suba0.06
ལིམ་བlimwa0.06
Limbu in the Oriya language
ଲିୁliu94.29
ଲିବ୍ୁlibu2.86
ଲିକ୍ୁliku2.86
Limbu in the Hindi language
लिम्बूlimbu66.54
लिम्बुlimbu24.32
लीम्बूlimbu2.53
लिंबुlimbu2.53
लीम्बुlimbu2.33
लींबूlimbu0.39
लिंम्बूlimmbu0.39
टीबीtibi0.19
लिम्बिूlimbiu0.19
लींबुlimbu0.19
लिमबूlimabu0.19
लिम्बुूlimbuu0.19
Limbu in the Russian language
Лимбуlimbu-

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