Lisimu Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Lisimu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 10 | 1:1,584,992 | 31,679 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Lisimu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lisimu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lisimu occurs most in Zambia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lisimu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lisimu live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,584,992. In Zambia Lisimu is most frequent in: Western Province, where 60 percent live and Central Province, where 40 percent live. Outside of Zambia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Namibia, where 8 percent live.
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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 Lisimu
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