da Lima Surname

820,032nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 339 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

da Lima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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da Lima Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2731:784,15528,479
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
India51:153,413,076951,030
São Tomé and Príncipe51:35,4851,708
Cape Verde41:132,4104,291
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
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da Lima Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name da Lima Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name da Lima occurs most in Brazil. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name da Lima? popularity and diffusion

The surname da Lima is the 820,032nd most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 21,497,186 people. The surname da Lima occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of da Lima are found; 86 percent are found in South America and 81 percent are found in Luso-South America.

da Lima is most numerous in Brazil, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 784,155. In Brazil da Lima is most common in: São Paulo, where 18 percent reside, Pernambuco, where 12 percent reside and Rio Grande do Sul, where 9 percent reside. Other than Brazil this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 6 percent reside and Italy, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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de Lema71240/
de Luma7147/
De-Lima7137/
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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 da Lima
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