Vimba Surname
Approximately 1,970 people bear this surname
Vimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,170 | 1:46,306 | 5,905 |
| Latvia | 293 | 1:6,997 | 990 |
| Zimbabwe | 202 | 1:76,427 | 11,271 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Russia | 41 | 1:3,515,196 | 179,721 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Vimba (387) may also be a first name.
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Vimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vimba (Hindi: विम्बा, Russian: Вимба) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Vimba.
How Common Is The Last Name Vimba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vimba is the 209,713th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,699,262 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Vimba are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 440,394th most commonly held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 387 people.
Vimba is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,170 people, or 1 in 46,306. In South Africa Vimba is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 57 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 18 percent are found and Gauteng, where 10 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 15 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 10 percent are found.
Vimba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Vimba surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered with the political party.
The amount Vimba earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 49.55% less than the national average, earning R 119,892 per year and in United States they earn 9.71% less than the national average, earning $38,958 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vimba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vimba in the Hindi language | ||
| विम्बा | vimba | - |
| Vimba in the Russian language | ||
| Вимба | vimba | - |
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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 Vimba
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