Yilima Surname
Approximately 1,885 people bear this surname
Yilima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Tanzania | 79 | 1:670,147 | 39,342 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Yilima (10,407) may also be a first name.
Yilima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yilima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yilima occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Yilima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yilima? popularity and diffusion
Yilima is the 217,512th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,866,072 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yilima are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Yilima is also the 59,663rd most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 10,407 people.
This surname is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,771 people, or 1 in 55,080. Aside from Ethiopia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 4 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Yilima
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