Salimba Surname
Approximately 638 people bear this surname
Salimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 451 | 1:117,387 | 11,234 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Philippines | 25 | 1:4,049,529 | 157,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Salimba (87) may also be a first name.
Salimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salimba occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Salimba.
How Common Is The Last Name Salimba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 512,152nd most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 11,422,486 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Salimba live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Salimba is also the 1,024,927th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 87 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 451 people, or 1 in 117,387. In Tanzania Salimba is primarily concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 48 percent reside, Shinyanga Region, where 35 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 16 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 25 percent reside and The Philippines, where 4 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Salimba
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