Pilimo Surname

758,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Pilimo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pilimo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3451:153,45413,882
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Pilimo (31) may also be a first name.

Pilimo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pilimo occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pilimo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 758,524th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,330,361 people. Pilimo occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Pilimo reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Pilimo is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 31 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 345 people, or 1 in 153,454. In Tanzania Pilimo is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 56 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 41 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Philimo9228/
Pilimou921/
Philimos861/
Pilima83175/
Pelimo8310/
Pilymo832/
Pulimo831/
Philemo7728/
Philima7711/
Pilimau778/
Pilimas774/
Pailemo771/
Philisma71151/
Philemoa715/
Philimas712/
Pelemo672,509/
Pulumo67716/
Pelima67279/
Pelumo6723/
Pulima6718/
Philismat672/
Pilema671/
Pulemo671/
Pelemoh62511/
Poilema6291/
Pilesma6281/
Philema6237/
Phelima6211/
Pelisma625/
Pelemoi623/
Phelemo622/
Phulumo622/
Peylemo621/
Pelemos621/
Paylemo621/
Pelumoh621/
Pelemooh572/
Philemat571/
Phelisma571/
Pullaimma531/
Pelema50274/
Puluma50188/
Peluma505/

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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 Pilimo
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