Mlimo Surname

325,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mlimo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mlimo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,1401:47,5246,053
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mlimo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mlimo is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mlimo? popularity and diffusion

Mlimo is the 325,257th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,370,232 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlimo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 1,140 people, or 1 in 47,524. In South Africa Mlimo is mostly found in: Mpumalanga, where 80 percent live, Gauteng, where 10 percent live and Limpopo, where 6 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.

Mlimo Last Name Statistics demography

Mlimo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.09% less than the national average, earning R 116,232 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Millimo8380/
Mlima802,210/
Mlemo803/
Mellismo771/
Mlaima739/
Mlioma734/
Millima6712/
Mellima679/
Mellesmo6253/
Mlehmood621/
Mlema60543/
Mluma60359/
Mellimath5731/
Millemoth578/
Mhluma5562/
Mlyoma553/
Mhlema551/
Mellema502,283/
Melluma502/
Mleemga501/
Millema501/

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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 Mlimo
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