Nimala Surname

175,670th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,438 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Maldives

Nimala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nimala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2,1591:355,28719,358
Thailand2601:271,68646,672
France101:6,642,272293,169
Maldives31:134,7244,057
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nimala (17,593) may also be a first name.

Nimala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nimala (Bengali: নীমলা, Hindi: निमला, Marathi: िनमला, Oriya: ନିମାଲା, Tibetan: ཉི་མ་ལ།) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nimala? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 175,670th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,989,149 people. The last name Nimala occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Nimala reside; 89 percent reside in South Asia and 89 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Nimala is also the 41,508th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 17,593 people.

The surname is most numerous in India, where it is held by 2,159 people, or 1 in 355,287. In India it is most frequent in: Odisha, where 51 percent live, Maharashtra, where 33 percent live and Telangana, where 6 percent live. Beside India this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 11 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nimmala9227,127/
Noimala92735/
Nimalla92151/
Niemala9252/
Neimala9216/
Nimaila9212/
Nimalad927/
Nimalah927/
Nimaala926/
Nijmala925/
Nimalau923/
Nimalay923/
Nimalia922/
Nimalai922/
Nimalaa921/
Niomala921/
Naimala921/
Nimalap921/
Nimmalla86521/
Naaimala8629/
Noimalai8613/
Nimallah867/
Nijmalla861/
Nimaalla861/
Nimalath861/
Nimgalla861/
Nimmaala861/
Nimmalaa861/
Nimmalap861/
Nimmalas861/
Nimmalau861/
Naimalah861/
Nimahala861/
Nimalach861/
Naimalla861/
Nemala835,147/
Nimali83973/
Nimale83399/
Numala8350/
Nimola8329/
Nimela8316/
Nimaly838/
Nymala834/
Nimalo832/
Nimatilla8029/
Naaimaila809/
Naimaulla807/
Naimallah802/
Naimaulha801/
Nimmaalla801/
Naimalaya801/
Nimatllah801/
Niemela771,394/
Ngimale77212/
Nimmali77157/
Nemalla77102/
Nemaala7778/
Nemmala7758/
Neemala7744/
Noimali7731/
Naimola7728/
Naimali7712/
Najmala7711/
Neamala779/
Neimela778/
Nimaleh774/
Neymala773/
Nimmola773/
Nemaila773/
Nimalle772/
Nimgale772/
Nummala772/
Nyomala772/
Netmala771/
Nijmale771/
Numaila771/
Numalla771/
Numalya771/
Nimaliy771/
Nimalje771/
Nimaley771/
Nemalia771/
Ngemala771/
Ngimalo771/
Gnimale771/
Noymala771/
Nimatillah7521/
Naimaullah757/
Nimatellah751/
Nismatilla751/
Nemmalla71118/
Nummalai7148/
Neemmala7123/
Naimaali719/
Nimalesh718/
Numailah717/
Noimalee716/
Nimmolla715/
Nemealla715/
Nhuimali714/
Nemaulla714/
Neemalla714/
Nimmaler713/
Naimolla711/
Neemaala711/
Neamaala711/
Neymaala711/
Neymalla711/
Nemallai711/
Numaulla711/
Nimmaali711/
Nimmalli711/
Nimhaleh711/
Nemmalai711/
Nemallah711/
Nemali672,557/
Nemale67319/
Nematilla67115/
Nemela67102/
Nemola6765/
Numalo6749/
Nemaly6722/
Nimole6721/
Naimollah6716/
Nimoli6716/
Najmailah6712/
Numela676/
Najmallah674/
Neammalai674/
Nemalo672/
Neamaalla671/
Nemmaalla671/
Numola671/
Nimelo671/
Nymali671/
Nimhaille671/
Nymela671/

Nimala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nimala in the Bengali language
নীমলাnimala-
Nimala in the Marathi language
िनमलाinamala94.82
िनमालाinamala1.55
नमलाnamala0.85
नंबलाnambala0.77
िनमळाinamala0.54
नीमलाnimala0.31
िवलासivalasa0.31
नमळाnamala0.31
मालतीmalati0.15
िनमलinamala0.15
माळवेmalave0.08
नीमलnimala0.08
िमर्लाimarla0.08
Nimala in the Tibetan language
ཉི་མ་ལ།nyimala91.3
ཉིམ་མ་ལ།nyimmala4.35
ཉི་མ་ལ་nyimala4.35
Nimala in the Oriya language
ନିମାଲାnimala87.41
ନିମଲାnimala4.26
ନିମଳାnimala1.98
ନୀମାଲାnimala1.8
ନିମାଲnimala0.72
ନିମାଳାnimala0.66
ଲିମାଲାlimala0.48
ନିମର୍ଳାnimarla0.36
ନିମାଲୁnimalu0.18
ନିମୱଳାnimawala0.18
ନୀମଳାnimala0.18
ନିାଲାniala0.12
ସୁନିମାଲାsunimala0.12
ନିାଳାniala0.06
ମିଶାଲmisala0.06
ଅୁନିମାଲାaunimala0.06
ନିମାରାnimara0.06
ସୁଶିଳାsusila0.06
ନିନାଲାninala0.06
ନିମାଲିnimali0.06
ମିନାଲାminala0.06
ନିମୱଲାnimawala0.06
ନାମାଲାnamala0.06
ନିମାଲା୍nimala0.06
ନିଲାମାnilama0.06
ନିମିଲାnimila0.06
ନିର୍ମଲାnirmala0.06
ମାଧବୀmadhabi0.06
ନୀମଲାnimala0.06
ଈୁନୀମାଲାiunimala0.06
ମଳିକmalika0.06
ନିମର୍ଲାnimarla0.06
Nimala in the Hindi language
निमलाnimala65.71
निर्मलाnirmala14.29
नीमलाnimala8.57
निमालाnimala7.62
र्निमलाrnimala1.9
निर्मलnirmala0.95
िनमलाinamala0.95

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