Vimai Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Vimai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Vimai (78) may also be a first name.
Vimai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vimai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vimai (Hindi: विमई, Marathi: िवमाई) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Vimai.
How Common Is The Last Name Vimai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vimai is the 3,055,934th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Vimai reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,091,646th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 78 people.
The surname Vimai is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 406,269. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Midlands Province, where 100 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vimai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vimai in the Hindi language | ||
| विमई | vima'i | - |
| Vimai in the Marathi language | ||
| िवमाई | ivama'i | - |
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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 Vimai
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