Litimba Surname

408,845th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 855 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Litimba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Litimba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania7921:66,8457,056
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
France11:66,422,722504,397

Litimba Last Name Facts

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

Litimba is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Litimba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Litimba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Litimba is the 408,845th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 8,523,446 people. Litimba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Litimba live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 792 people, or 1 in 66,845. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Lindi Region, where 52 percent live, Mtwara Region, where 36 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 11 percent live. Besides Tanzania Litimba occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lisimba862,634/
Litumba86902/
Lutimba86765/
Litimbi8648/
Litimbo8622/
Letimba869/
Litemba862/
Litimbe861/
Luthimba8035/
Lithemba805/
Lithimbi802/
Lisimbah801/
Lissimba801/
Littinba801/
Letimbau801/
Luimba77236/
Loimba7730/
Laimba7729/
Leimba775/
Loitiemwa751/
Lutumba7120,715/
Lutemba71587/
Lisimbo71207/
Lisemba7162/
Litembe7134/
Litumbo7121/
Litembo7118/
Lesimba7113/
Lietmbo711/
Letimbi711/
Lutimbo711/
Leimbach673,880/
Leisemba6725/
Leatimua6719/
Limva676/
Loitemwa675/
Loitembi674/
Lethemba674/
Luthumba671/
Luthemba671/
Lietmbou671/
Loitemua671/
D'Leimba671/
Laimbach671/

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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 Litimba
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