Zilimu Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Zilimu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 266 | 1:199,029 | 17,000 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zilimu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zilimu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zilimu is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zilimu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 926,175th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zilimu reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 266 people, or 1 in 199,029. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kagera Region, where 97 percent live, Geita Region, where 2 percent live and Tanga Region, where 0 percent live. Not including Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
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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 Zilimu
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