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 last name Chims occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chims? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Chims is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Chims live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 28 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 67 percent are found, Abia, where 27 percent are found and Edo, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 11 percent are found and Kuwait, where 5 percent are found.
Chims Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chims has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held 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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