Vilima Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Vilima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 158 | 1:335,074 | 25,051 |
| Latvia | 24 | 1:85,419 | 12,616 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vilima (66) may also be a first name.
Vilima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vilima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vilima (Arabic: فيلمينا, Georgian: ვილიმა, Hindi: वीलीमा, Marathi: िवलीमा) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vilima? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,206,588th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. The last name Vilima is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Vilima live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 81 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Vilima is also the 1,201,840th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 66 people.
The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 335,074. In Tanzania Vilima is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 94 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 3 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania Vilima occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 12 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vilima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vilima in the Georgian language | ||
| ვილიმა | vilima | - |
| Vilima in the Hindi language | ||
| वीलीमा | vilima | - |
| Vilima in the Marathi language | ||
| िवलीमा | ivalima | 70 |
| िविलमा | ivilama | 20 |
| िडलीमा | idalima | 10 |
| Vilima in the Arabic language | ||
| فيلمينا | fylmyna | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Vilima
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis