Limbu Surname
Approximately 218,666 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameLimbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 154,764 | 1:184 | 39 |
| India | 44,732 | 1:17,148 | 1,364 |
| Tanzania | 8,690 | 1:6,092 | 787 |
| Bhutan | 3,739 | 1:165 | 33 |
| Qatar | 1,526 | 1:1,545 | 121 |
| England | 794 | 1:70,174 | 8,081 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Malaysia | 638 | 1:46,229 | 3,689 |
| United Arab Emirates | 593 | 1:15,451 | 1,876 |
| Indonesia | 585 | 1:226,067 | 21,048 |
| Brunei | 374 | 1:1,120 | 223 |
| Bahrain | 250 | 1:5,394 | 963 |
| Hong Kong | 239 | 1:30,692 | 530 |
| Macau | 234 | 1:2,571 | 249 |
| Kuwait | 154 | 1:24,680 | 3,145 |
| United States | 102 | 1:3,553,519 | 199,004 |
| Thailand | 81 | 1:872,078 | 137,928 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| Australia | 70 | 1:385,653 | 31,598 |
| Singapore | 68 | 1:80,996 | 3,278 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| New Zealand | 21 | 1:215,634 | 21,249 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:154,727 | 10,755 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Afghanistan | 13 | 1:2,473,322 | 16,278 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Namibia | 6 | 1:401,567 | 10,578 |
| Zambia | 4 | 1:3,962,480 | 38,524 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
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.
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Average Limbu Salary in
United States
$30,003 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limbut | 91 | 653 | / |
| Luimbu | 91 | 420 | / |
| Limbau | 91 | 118 | / |
| Limbud | 91 | 41 | / |
| Liembu | 91 | 34 | / |
| Laimbu | 91 | 28 | / |
| Limbhu | 91 | 28 | / |
| Limbou | 91 | 25 | / |
| Limbus | 91 | 23 | / |
| Liumbu | 91 | 21 | / |
| Limmbu | 91 | 11 | / |
| Limbuh | 91 | 10 | / |
| Limbuu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Limnbu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lijmbu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Limbui | 91 | 1 | / |
| Linmbu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Liombu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Limbeu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lmbu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Limbouy | 83 | 48 | / |
| Limbuth | 83 | 29 | / |
| Limbaus | 83 | 15 | / |
| Limbous | 83 | 12 | / |
| Laimbui | 83 | 6 | / |
| Laimbuh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Limbult | 83 | 1 | / |
| Limvu | 80 | 54,414 | / |
| Lumbu | 80 | 32,229 | / |
| Lembu | 80 | 1,386 | / |
| Linbu | 80 | 81 | / |
| Lymbu | 80 | 10 | / |
| Limwu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Lömbu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Lõmbu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Lmbut | 80 | 2 | / |
| Limbauth | 77 | 4 | / |
| Limbauch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Limboo | 73 | 18,918 | / |
| Lembut | 73 | 222 | / |
| Lumbau | 73 | 55 | / |
| Linbut | 73 | 51 | / |
| Lembus | 73 | 37 | / |
| Lembau | 73 | 13 | / |
| Lembou | 73 | 13 | / |
| Lymbou | 73 | 7 | / |
| Luembu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Luumbu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lembeu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lembui | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lumbui | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lembhu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lumbuy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lumbuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leambu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lembuy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hlembu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Loembu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leumbou | 67 | 65 | / |
| Lembuch | 67 | 36 | / |
| Limboey | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lnbu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Linnbus | 67 | 0 | / |
Limbu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Limbu in the Bengali language | ||
| লিম্বু | limbu | - |
| Limbu in the Marathi language | ||
| लींबु | limbu | - |
| Limbu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལིམ་བུ། | limbu | 98.96 |
| ལིབ་བུ། | libbu | 0.3 |
| ལིམབུ། | limbu | 0.18 |
| ལིམ་བུ | limbu | 0.12 |
| ལིམ་བི། | limbi | 0.12 |
| ལེམ་བུ། | lembu | 0.12 |
| ལི་བུ། | libu | 0.06 |
| སུ་བཱ། | suba | 0.06 |
| ལིམ་བ | limwa | 0.06 |
| Limbu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲିୁ | liu | 94.29 |
| ଲିବ୍ୁ | libu | 2.86 |
| ଲିକ୍ୁ | liku | 2.86 |
| Limbu in the Hindi language | ||
| लिम्बू | limbu | 66.54 |
| लिम्बु | limbu | 24.32 |
| लीम्बू | limbu | 2.53 |
| लिंबु | limbu | 2.53 |
| लीम्बु | limbu | 2.33 |
| लींबू | limbu | 0.39 |
| लिंम्बू | limmbu | 0.39 |
| टीबी | tibi | 0.19 |
| लिम्बिू | limbiu | 0.19 |
| लींबु | limbu | 0.19 |
| लिमबू | limabu | 0.19 |
| लिम्बुू | limbuu | 0.19 |
| Limbu in the Russian language | ||
| Лимбу | limbu | - |
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