Nalimi Surname

307,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nalimi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nalimi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,1621:45,5615,139
Nigeria531:3,342,316100,395
India121:63,922,115578,870
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nalimi (187) may also be a first name.

Nalimi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nalimi (Georgian: ნალიმი, Hindi: नलिमी, Marathi: निलमी, Oriya: ନଲିମି) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nalimi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 307,434th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 5,929,655 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nalimi reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nalimi is also the 665,130th most frequently used forename on earth, held by 187 people.

The surname Nalimi is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,162 people, or 1 in 45,561. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Shinyanga Region, where 69 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 10 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Nalimi occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngalimi92128/
Nalimai9216/
Nalimiy923/
Gnalimi921/
Nalaimi921/
Ngalimai8688/
Ngallimi862/
Naslimis862/
Nalima83931/
Nalumi838/
Nalime833/
Nalemi832/
Naleemi77292/
Nailima77158/
Nalimma7774/
Naalima7726/
Naluima7721/
Nhalima7715/
Ngalemi775/
Naleime775/
Nalimea774/
Nolimit773/
Nealima772/
Nallima771/
Nnalima771/
Nalaima771/
Nalieme771/
Nalemis771/
Nailumi771/
Nh'alima714/
Ngahlime711/
Noelimai711/
Ngalimay711/
Nahalime711/
Naileime711/
Nalimych711/
Nallimes710/
Nalema67399/
Nalume67277/
Naleme6740/
Nolemi678/
Nolima674/
Nelemi673/
Nelime672/
Ngoullimi671/

Nalimi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nalimi in the Georgian language
ნალიმიnalimi-
Nalimi in the Oriya language
ନଲିମିnalimi-
Nalimi in the Hindi language
नलिमीnalimi66.67
नालिमीnalimi33.33
Nalimi in the Marathi language
निलमीnilami41.18
नलीमीnalimi35.29
नािलमीnailami11.76
नालीमीnalimi5.88
निमनीnimani5.88

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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
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  • 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 Nalimi
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