Lisimbo Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lisimbo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lisimbo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1651:320,85824,292
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Lisimbo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lisimbo is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lisimbo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,155,901st most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lisimbo reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 165 people, or 1 in 320,858. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mtwara Region, where 99 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lishimbo9350/
Lisimba862,634/
Lusimbo86619/
Lisembo86135/
Litimbo8622/
Litsimba80172/
Lushimbo8054/
Lishimba8029/
Lesimboi801/
Lishembo801/
Lissimba801/
Lisimbah801/
Luimbo77207/
Laimbo7754/
Loimbo774/
Leimbo770/
Litimba71855/
Lusembo71769/
Lusimba71652/
Lizimba71550/
Ligimba71198/
Lisemba7162/
Litembo7118/
Lesimba7113/
Lisimwa711/
Leesimbooy711/
Lisimua711/
Luzimbo711/
Lisenbo711/
Lushimba6710,190/
Litsimwa6727/
Leisemba6725/
Luseembo672/
Lusimmba671/
Lussembo671/

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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 Lisimbo
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