Chims Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Chims Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Chims (28) may also be a first name.
Chims Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chims Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chims is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chims? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Chims occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Chims reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chims is also the 1,994,417th most common given name worldwide, borne by 28 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Chims is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 67 percent live, Abia, where 27 percent live and Edo, where 7 percent live. Barring Nigeria Chims is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 11 percent live and Kuwait, where 5 percent live.
Chims Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chims has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chims last name declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Chims
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