de Lima Surname

419th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,234,060 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

de Lima Surname User-submission:

Lima can be a Portuguese, Italian andSpanish Surname. Spanish: of uncertain derivation; possibly from lima. Portuguese: topographic name for someone living on the banks of the river. Italian: (of pre-Roman origin, probably akin to a Celtic element lemos, limos 'elm').

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de 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
Brazil1,208,3901:17728
Angola6,9021:3,910570
Philippines4,9371:20,5062,547
Argentina4,6551:9,182897
France1,1511:57,7097,702
Venezuela8501:35,5342,036
Dominican Republic7781:13,4101,015
Spain7551:61,9235,606
Mexico7331:169,3404,958
Sri Lanka6581:31,6243,961
Togo6301:11,5042,968
Uruguay5611:6,117679
Portugal5191:20,0741,407
United States3141:1,154,32882,787
Paraguay2961:24,448920
South Africa2741:197,72921,276
Canada2391:154,16615,668
Colombia2141:223,2435,157
Netherlands1911:88,41514,631
Australia1601:168,72317,330
England1531:364,17025,923
Switzerland611:134,63813,235
India481:15,980,529256,885
Thailand471:1,502,944203,155
Panama331:118,5534,252
São Tomé and Príncipe321:5,544421
Ireland291:162,3777,171
Italy281:2,184,16791,195
Suriname261:21,2544,689
Indonesia201:6,612,460283,723
Trinidad and Tobago201:68,1995,276
Ecuador201:795,29213,165
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Chile191:927,18319,125
Cape Verde181:29,4251,120
Benin181:574,20035,798
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Mozambique161:1,703,8482,274
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Guatemala141:1,148,7625,372
Curaçao141:11,232389
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Guyana121:63,5185,280
Peru121:2,648,67728,015
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Japan81:15,980,53747,042
Guam81:20,0153,029
Cayman Islands81:7,987922
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Cuba51:2,304,5438,951
China41:341,830,39216,990
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
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de Lima (111) may also be a first name.

de Lima Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Lima can be a Portuguese, Italian andSpanish Surname. Spanish: of uncertain derivation; possibly from lima. Portuguese: topographic name for someone living on the banks of the river. Italian: (of pre-Roman origin, probably akin to a Celtic element lemos, limos 'elm').

- Vitto d' Lima

de Lima or d'Lima is a Portuguese and Italian surname. It is also a Spanish name meaning "of Lima". It is also an Indian surname, named for the converts when the Portuguese occupied India.

- Vitto d' Lima
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de Lima Demographics

Average de Lima Salary in
United States

$66,362 USD

Per year
Rank:
135,028 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
5.91368E-5
Rank: 114,862 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
153.79%
Sample size: 76 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Lima Last Name Facts

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

de Lima occurs more in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of de Lima.

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

The surname is the 419th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,905 people. The surname de Lima is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of de Lima are found; 98 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 890,531st most widely held first name at a global level, held by 111 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 1,208,390 people, or 1 in 177. In Brazil de Lima is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 22 percent reside, Pernambuco, where 13 percent reside and Ceará, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Brazil this surname occurs in 85 countries. It is also found in Angola, where 1 percent reside and The Philippines, where 0 percent reside.

de Lima Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Lima earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 58.72% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,003 per year; in South Africa they earn 417.06% more than the national average, earning R 1,228,740 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.84% more than the national average, earning $26,752,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 53.8% more than the national average, earning $66,362 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.98% more than the national average, earning $56,134 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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de Liema9312/
de Llima937/
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De-Lima8637/
de Lime8614/
de Limo8610/
de Limé867/
de Limi862/
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de Lieme8013/
De-Llima803/
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de Lumeau753/
de Leme7188/
de Lemo7136/
de Lemi711/
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de Lemos6736,432/
de Lemes67608/
di Lemma6778/
de Lemmi6749/
de Lesmo671/
de Lesme671/
de Lemis671/
de Layme671/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Lima
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