Lim Forename

8,175th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 127,227 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Brunei

Lim Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Lim Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia
 
62%
57,5461:4,483518
Cambodia
51%
 
31,6081:515103
Brunei
100%
11,0471:387
Malaysia
64%
 
8,2271:3,701392
Thailand
68%
 
7,9271:8,8391,474
Singapore
56%
 
2,6411:2,381335
Philippines
93%
 
1,5951:66,4644,322
United States
61%
 
1,5651:231,6537,852
Vietnam
53%
 
1,4111:65,644820
India
65%
 
9701:1,252,45276,187
Mauritius-4841:2,681481
South Korea
 
68%
2401:23,1022,096
Brazil
80%
 
2321:923,43224,867
Canada
72%
 
1701:194,9027,507
Qatar
70%
 
1561:15,1902,346
Australia-1421:96,1803,518
New Zealand-1291:35,1632,203
Taiwan
94%
 
1211:196,44417,633
China-1121:12,196,92759,803
Morocco-1091:315,1256,796
England
 
59%
971:573,22611,609
Russia
94%
 
671:2,152,74214,166
Papua New Guinea
53%
 
511:159,84913,924
Suriname-491:11,2822,027
Pakistan
50%
 
481:4,049,11841,937
Hong Kong-451:172,2833,156
Netherlands
61%
 
411:412,24611,096
South Sudan
100%
361:320,862717
France
77%
 
351:1,899,15311,366
Sweden
 
55%
281:352,06810,149
Peru
81%
 
271:1,177,46114,768
Mexico
 
69%
191:6,533,91723,538
Nigeria
100%
181:9,864,687115,427
Germany
90%
 
161:6,042,36723,110
Myanmar-161:3,246,7671,079
Japan-131:9,845,08134,731
Albania
100%
111:276,96112,691
Colombia-101:4,777,89327,360
Greece
100%
101:1,093,4559,717
Venezuela
83%
 
101:3,020,18947,166
Belgium
84%
 
91:1,276,67114,181
Saudi Arabia-91:3,423,61814,711
Ecuador-81:2,215,86511,918
Turkey-71:11,114,53034,230
United Arab Emirates-71:1,021,71339,786
Cameroon
100%
61:3,601,75060,590
Afghanistan
100%
51:6,524,70331,933
Belarus
100%
51:1,896,4778,406
Cape Verde-51:105,8303,482
Kenya-41:11,576,77840,588
Kosovo-41:465,36011,976
Lithuania-41:737,9702,861
Macau-41:152,052991
Switzerland
100%
41:2,053,37418,217
Vanuatu-41:65,448976
Costa Rica
 
67%
31:1,589,31614,648
Ireland
67%
 
21:2,321,7608,894
Austria
50%
 
21:4,257,10013,469
Burkina Faso
100%
21:9,189,73469,235
Chile
100%
21:8,803,60433,591
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Israel-21:4,201,45930,777
Italy
 
65%
21:30,531,04557,596
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Jordan
100%
21:4,413,3878,826
Lesotho
100%
21:1,019,99836,117
Mauritania
100%
21:2,047,62019,390
Norway-21:2,566,16424,989
Slovakia-21:2,655,0326,915
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Bhutan
100%
11:824,9286,865
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Czechia
78%
 
11:10,656,16211,509
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Ethiopia
100%
11:97,560,13329,608
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Nepal-11:28,487,352119,417
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Niger
100%
11:19,183,99477,442
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Uzbekistan
100%
11:30,786,44017,476
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731

Lim (823,649) may also be a surname.

Lim Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Liem8671,436/
Lime861,563/
Laim86590/
Hlim86242/
Limh86209/
Liom86105/
Leim8680/
Loim8648/
Luim8639/
Limm8632/
Llim8628/
Limn8617/
Lhim8613/
Limg8611/
Lism868/
Limt866/
Lihm865/
Limd863/
Lijm863/
Lëim861/
Limë861/
Litm861/
Laime75417/
Lisme75242/
Loime7564/
Llime7560/
Leime7545/
Laimė7544/
Limme7543/
Luism7536/
Limne7520/
Loism7519/
Hlaim7516/
Luime759/
Gliem754/
Limhe754/
Laism752/
Laaim752/
Lhiem752/
Limhd751/
Limcg751/
Hlimt751/
Limqu751/
Lijmm751/
Llism751/
Llimd751/
Lithm751/
Loihm751/
Hlimq751/
Hlimh751/
Hlime751/
Liaim751/
Liaym751/
Lhaim751/
Leihm751/
Lismt751/
Litme751/
Llaim751/
Limkh751/
Llimm751/
Llhim751/
Lliom751/
Hlimn751/
Hliem751/
Hleim751/
Laimh751/
Lhimm751/
Lin676,866,610/
Lem6713,262/
Lym67333/
Laimeh6720/
Laisme6716/
Ljm6713/
Lleime679/
Luisme674/
Limiai673/
Limgue673/
Limyau672/
Limque672/
Llaime672/
Lahiem672/
Lahaim672/
Limova671/
Gliemm671/
Lém671/
Loisme671/
Laitme671/
Laggim671/
Luismt671/
Liyimi671/
Liyimw671/

Lim Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lim in the Russian language
Лимlim-

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • 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 Lim