Limiton Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Limiton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Limiton (158) may also be a first name.
Limiton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Limiton Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Limiton occurs most in Malawi. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Limiton? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,055,483rd most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Limiton live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Limiton is also the 730,165th most commonly occurring forename in the world, borne by 158 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Outside of Malawi this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 0 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limitone | 93 | 451 | / |
| Limittone | 88 | 1 | / |
| Lemiton | 86 | 185 | / |
| Lumiton | 86 | 103 | / |
| Limitom | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lemitton | 80 | 9 | / |
| Limeston | 80 | 1 | / |
| Limmaithong | 78 | 23 | / |
| Limestone | 75 | 16 | / |
| Limethong | 75 | 2 | / |
| Limutan | 71 | 348 | / |
| Lemitan | 71 | 6 | / |
| Leemeithon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Lumeton | 71 | 2 | / |
| Limitham | 67 | 34 | / |
| Loimetan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lemetone | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lemmestone | 59 | 1 | / |
| Lumutan | 57 | 163 | / |
| Lumetan | 57 | 4 | / |
| Lemutan | 57 | 2 | / |
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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 Limiton
- 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