Pirimu Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Pirimu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pirimu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe261:593,77845,605
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Pirimu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pirimu is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Pirimu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pirimu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,730,171st most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pirimu reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 593,778. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 62 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 35 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 4 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phirimu927/
Pfirimu927/
Pirimus924/
Pirimui921/
Purimu833/
Piremu831/
Perimu831/
Pirumui7721/
Perimus7717/
Pirimoe772/
Poitrimoult7180/
Petrimaux67113/
Purumu6754/
Peremu6717/
Perumu678/
Pétrimaux672/
Peremus624/
Petremu623/
Pearumu621/
Perrymus570/
Petrymusz5342/
Perremoud533/

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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 Pirimu
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