Milimba Surname

970,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Milimba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Milimba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1271:416,86329,360
DR Congo1031:717,27751,618
Zambia371:428,37620,573

Milimba (24) may also be a first name.

Milimba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Milimba is found most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Milimba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 970,883rd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 27,294,179 people. The last name Milimba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Milimba live; 48 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Milimba is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 24 people.

This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 416,863. In Tanzania Milimba is most prevalent in: Lindi Region, where 92 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent are found and Kigoma Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 39 percent are found and Zambia, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mileimba931/
Mulimba866,228/
Milemba866,072/
Milumba86858/
Milimbo86686/
Melimba8676/
Milimbi8663/
Milimua8614/
Milimbe862/
Melimbai804/
Miloemba801/
Meliemba801/
Muluimba801/
Milumbay801/
Milimbiy801/
Mileamba801/
Mlemba77813/
Mulmba7748/
M'Mulimba754/
Mulumba71118,223/
Mulemba7113,466/
Milembi712,508/
Milembe712,276/
Milembo71572/
Mulimbo71169/
Milumbo71104/
Milenba7121/
Melumba7110/
Melemba714/
Mulinba711/
Melembai676/
Mullumba673/
Muluumba672/
Mhelemba671/
Muylumba671/
Mulyumba671/
Mulummba671/
Mulumbai671/
Mulumbaa671/
Mileembe671/
Meulmbay671/
Mailembo671/
Mailembe671/

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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 Milimba
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