Last name Taimu (Taimu 
) , all over the world, is quite a rare surname. The cognomen Taimu is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare surname, Tanzania, where it is a rare surname, and Nigeria, where it is a very rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and India. Much less frequently, Taimu is the forename as well as the last name.