Dims Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Honduras
Highest density in:
Honduras

Dims Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dims Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Honduras511:172,8712,098
Nigeria311:5,714,283142,531
Austria111:774,13064,097
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Dims (267) may also be a first name.

Dims Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dims (Russian: Димс) is most common in Honduras. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Dims click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dims? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dims is the 1,775,494th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Dims occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Dims live; 48 percent live in Central America and 48 percent live in Hispano-Central America. Dims is also the 544,256th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 267 people.

The surname is most widely held in Honduras, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 172,871. In Honduras it is mostly concentrated in: Gracias a Dios Department, where 98 percent reside and Francisco Morazán Department, where 2 percent reside. Beside Honduras this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent reside and Austria, where 10 percent reside.

Dims Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dims has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dims last name contracted 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diems8949/
Dimse8942/
Daims8913/
Dioms893/
Deims892/
Dimms892/
Dheims802/
Daimse801/
Dhimse801/
Dums751,135/
Dins75490/
Dems75201/
Dimx751/
Düms751/
Dyms750/
Demse676,516/
Dinse673,908/
Deems672,134/
Diens67119/
Deams6771/
Dinst6768/
Dijns6754/
Dehms6745/
Dions6736/
Dähms6727/
Dimçe6725/
Dimze6724/
Dimce6718/
Duems6713/
Demns6711/
Dumss679/
Dinsh677/
Deyms677/
Dayms675/
Dinns675/
Demms675/
Duyms674/
Duhms674/
Dumsh673/
Dimch672/
Dimmx671/
Dem's671/
Dumms671/
Dgins671/
Dinsd671/
Demst670/

Dims Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dims in the Russian language
Димсdims-

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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
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  • 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 Dims
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