bin Lim Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

bin Lim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

bin Lim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia1961:150,4819,410
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

bin Lim Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name bin Lim Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname bin Lim is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name bin Lim? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,181,191st most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of bin Lim are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 98 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 150,481. In Malaysia it is most common in: Sabah, where 69 percent are found, Kedah, where 11 percent are found and Johor, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Malaysia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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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 bin Lim
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