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
Vilima (Arabic: فيلمينا, Georgian: ვილიმა, Hindi: वीलीमा, Marathi: िवलीमा) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Vilima.
How Common Is The Last Name Vilima? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vilima is the 1,206,588th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. The last name 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. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequently used forename globally, held by 66 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 335,074. In Tanzania it is most common in: Rukwa Region, where 94 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 3 percent live and Tabora Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 12 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.
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 | - |
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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 Vilima
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