di Lima Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

di Lima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

di Lima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil631:3,398,00596,455
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

di Lima Last Name Facts

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

The surname di Lima has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name di Lima is the 2,237,939th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name di Lima occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of di Lima live; 93 percent live in South America and 88 percent live in Luso-South America.

di Lima is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 3,398,005. In Brazil di Lima is most numerous in: Pernambuco, where 19 percent live, São Paulo, where 13 percent live and Rio Grande do Norte, where 10 percent live. Apart from Brazil this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent live and Venezuela, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Lima861,234,060/
da Lima86339/
di Lema861/
de Limas80836/
di Lemma8078/
de Liema8012/
de Llima807/
de Limaa806/
de Limma805/
de Lioma803/
de Liuma802/
da Liema802/
de Loima801/
de Limay801/
der Lima801/
de Limat801/
de Leima801/
de Lema71240/
de Luma7147/
De-Lima7137/
de Lime7114/
de Limo7110/
de Limé717/
de Limi712/
de Lyma712/
da Lema711/
di Lemme67126/
de Limos67110/
de Lieme6713/
De-Llima673/
de Lesma672/
de Lemas672/
de Limes671/
di Lemmo671/

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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
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  • 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 di Lima
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