Limema Surname
Approximately 479 people bear this surname
Limema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 369 | 1:5,508 | 1,130 |
| South Africa | 105 | 1:515,978 | 41,519 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Limema (47) may also be a first name.
Limema Demographics
Average Limema Salary in
South Africa
R 131,016
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Limema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Limema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Limema is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Limema? popularity and diffusion
The last name Limema is the 636,210th most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 15,214,083 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Limema are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Limema is also the 1,467,136th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 47 people.
It is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 369 people, or 1 in 5,508. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Leribe District, where 41 percent live, Butha-Buthe District, where 25 percent live and Mokhotlong District, where 15 percent live. Excluding Lesotho it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 22 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Limema Last Name Statistics demography
Limema earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.87% less than the national average, earning R 131,016 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limama | 83 | 315 | / |
| Limoma | 83 | 246 | / |
| Limeme | 83 | 211 | / |
| Lemema | 83 | 156 | / |
| Lumema | 83 | 104 | / |
| Limima | 83 | 3 | / |
| Limemo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Limemi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lymema | 83 | 1 | / |
| Limamma | 77 | 21 | / |
| Limayma | 77 | 10 | / |
| Limeimi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Limaima | 77 | 2 | / |
| Limamai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luimeme | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lumemaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Limmama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Limmamma | 71 | 24 | / |
| Limeheme | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lemama | 67 | 339 | / |
| Limomo | 67 | 285 | / |
| Lumima | 67 | 147 | / |
| Lumemo | 67 | 97 | / |
| Limamo | 67 | 29 | / |
| Lememe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Lumoma | 67 | 3 | / |
| Limimi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemamo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lemime | 67 | 1 | / |
| Limimo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Limime | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Limema
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis