Rimua Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Rimua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rimua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea231:354,50947,011
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Rimua (21) may also be a first name.

Rimua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rimua (Hindi: रिमुआ) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rimua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Rimua occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Rimua are found; 58 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 58 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,368,944th most common first name internationally, borne by 21 people.

Rimua is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Central, where 52 percent reside, West New Britain, where 35 percent reside and National Capital District, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 33 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 percent reside.

Rimua Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Rimua last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raimua914/
Rimba805,696/
Remua802/
Rumua802/
Rimwa801/
Rimbau73329/
Rimbai7334/
Rimbea7328/
Roimba736/
Rimbou733/
Ruimba733/
Rimbay732/
Reymua732/
Rimvat731/
Riemwa731/
Remuah731/
Reimbau6710/
Raimbay677/
Reimbai673/
Raimbau672/
Raymuad671/
Raimbai671/

Rimua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rimua in the Hindi language
रिमुआrimu'a-

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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 Rimua
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