Lima Forename
3,746th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 280,825 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh
Lima Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 100% | 232,873 | 1:685 | 68 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 18,214 | 1:1,791 | 327 |
| India | 85% | 10,542 | 1:115,242 | 13,557 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 3,857 | 1:66,882 | 8,079 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Angola | 60% | 1,350 | 1:19,975 | 1,690 |
| Nigeria | 68% | 1,113 | 1:159,537 | 7,490 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 740 | 1:11,017 | 1,115 |
| United States | 71% | 654 | 1:554,338 | 14,136 |
| Russia | 95% | 493 | 1:292,563 | 3,835 |
| Jordan | 100% | 448 | 1:19,703 | 1,053 |
| Egypt | 100% | 390 | 1:235,643 | 8,182 |
| DR Congo | 64% | 383 | 1:192,761 | 8,554 |
| Brazil | 62% | 372 | 1:575,904 | 18,061 |
| Philippines | 94% | 368 | 1:288,069 | 11,405 |
| Somalia | - | 359 | 1:37,677 | 2,151 |
| Haiti | 85% | 342 | 1:31,365 | 2,345 |
| Morocco | - | 328 | 1:104,721 | 3,418 |
| Portugal | - | 314 | 1:33,156 | 1,338 |
| Malaysia | 72% | 296 | 1:102,871 | 7,176 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Palestine | 100% | 187 | 1:24,332 | 1,162 |
| Thailand | 50% | 179 | 1:391,429 | 20,063 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 83% | 146 | 1:9,325 | 1,400 |
| Italy | 81% | 121 | 1:504,645 | 5,376 |
| England | 96% | 112 | 1:496,455 | 10,570 |
| Kenya | 80% | 109 | 1:424,836 | 12,751 |
| Burkina Faso | 97% | 107 | 1:171,771 | 8,059 |
| Niger | 75% | 106 | 1:180,981 | 5,331 |
| Uganda | 58% | 98 | 1:417,928 | 10,487 |
| Albania | 99% | 94 | 1:32,410 | 3,482 |
| Nepal | 62% | 92 | 1:309,645 | 11,152 |
| Cambodia | 55% | 91 | 1:178,828 | 6,063 |
| Kazakhstan | 94% | 78 | 1:227,524 | 4,796 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Ivory Coast | 83% | 73 | 1:316,109 | 13,661 |
| Belgium | 77% | 70 | 1:164,143 | 4,443 |
| Benin | 86% | 68 | 1:155,527 | 8,126 |
| Colombia | 67% | 67 | 1:713,118 | 9,443 |
| Iraq | 100% | 63 | 1:555,839 | 5,912 |
| Cameroon | 68% | 59 | 1:366,280 | 13,036 |
| Lebanon | 97% | 52 | 1:108,223 | 3,329 |
| South Africa | 50% | 51 | 1:1,069,268 | 39,811 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 51 | 1:466,072 | 27,215 |
| Canada | 99% | 50 | 1:662,667 | 15,630 |
| Mauritania | 95% | 50 | 1:81,905 | 3,500 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Qatar | 100% | 43 | 1:55,107 | 6,913 |
| American Samoa | - | 40 | 1:1,396 | 189 |
| France | 98% | 37 | 1:1,796,496 | 10,992 |
| Zimbabwe | 92% | 37 | 1:416,860 | 20,046 |
| Yemen | - | 35 | 1:751,336 | 2,797 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 30 | 1:238,400 | 14,853 |
| Kosovo | - | 29 | 1:64,188 | 4,324 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Latvia | 100% | 28 | 1:71,987 | 1,639 |
| Sweden | 96% | 28 | 1:352,068 | 10,149 |
| Australia | - | 26 | 1:525,293 | 8,160 |
| Argentina | 80% | 25 | 1:1,710,930 | 6,931 |
| Mexico | 94% | 22 | 1:5,642,928 | 21,540 |
| Peru | 87% | 22 | 1:1,445,066 | 16,756 |
| Azerbaijan | 78% | 21 | 1:459,188 | 9,802 |
| Serbia | 100% | 21 | 1:340,272 | 4,237 |
| Greece | 100% | 20 | 1:546,727 | 7,050 |
| Hungary | 91% | 20 | 1:489,589 | 1,828 |
| Israel | 95% | 20 | 1:420,146 | 9,028 |
| Georgia | 91% | 19 | 1:196,761 | 5,396 |
| New Zealand | - | 19 | 1:238,739 | 7,355 |
| Zambia | - | 19 | 1:834,463 | 14,732 |
| Tanzania | 50% | 17 | 1:3,105,195 | 23,654 |
| Netherlands | 90% | 16 | 1:1,056,380 | 17,844 |
| Sudan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Austria | 100% | 15 | 1:567,613 | 5,057 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 15 | 1:398,218 | 13,816 |
| Moldova | 90% | 15 | 1:237,409 | 2,006 |
| Grenada | 100% | 13 | 1:8,317 | 1,152 |
| Venezuela | 72% | 13 | 1:2,323,223 | 39,208 |
| Belarus | 100% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| Turkey | 100% | 11 | 1:7,072,883 | 27,150 |
| Armenia | 90% | 10 | 1:291,875 | 4,379 |
| Germany | 74% | 9 | 1:10,741,986 | 35,913 |
| Marshall Islands | 88% | 9 | 1:5,692 | 857 |
| Senegal | 89% | 9 | 1:1,620,151 | 12,107 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 9 | 1:12,194 | 1,546 |
| China | - | 8 | 1:170,756,973 | 72,230 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 7 | 1:1,033,829 | 6,926 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 7 | 1:82,994 | 4,768 |
| Switzerland | 50% | 7 | 1:1,173,357 | 12,989 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 6 | 1:491,980 | 2,375 |
| Congo | 50% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Spain | - | 5 | 1:9,305,993 | 18,112 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Cuba | - | 4 | 1:2,876,638 | 6,272 |
| Denmark | - | 4 | 1:1,412,374 | 15,217 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Pakistan | 62% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Algeria | 100% | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Oman | 100% | 3 | 1:1,369,556 | 7,879 |
| Wales | 100% | 3 | 1:1,031,436 | 10,092 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Finland | 50% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Luxembourg | 50% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Montenegro | 50% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | 100% | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Czechia | 50% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Lima (1,948,991) may also be a surname.
Lima Forename Popularity
Lima Demographics
Lima Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 17 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Lima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lima in the Russian language | ||
| Лима | lima | - |
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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 Lima