Firim Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Firim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Firim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Firim (19) may also be a first name.

Firim Last Name Facts

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

The last name Firim has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Firim? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Firim live; 89 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used first name globally, held by 19 people.

Firim is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Western, where 64 percent live and West Sepik, where 36 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fiorim91336/
Firime913/
Fitrim913/
Firaim911/
Fairiem8310/
Firheim835/
Firin80223/
Furim80112/
Ferim80106/
Firem8064/
Virim804/
Faihriem77469/
Firimova772/
Fiorin734,065/
Firing73476/
Firina73115/
Fairin73108/
Firion7354/
Feraim7353/
Ferrim7349/
Firgin7340/
Fijrin7338/
Firzin7331/
Fitrin7328/
Fihrin7313/
Fireum7310/
Fajrim736/
Fierin736/
Frehim735/
Feirem733/
Fetrim733/
Firinn732/
Firrin732/
Fiorem731/
Feurim731/
Fireme731/
Firind731/
Ferime730/
Fergim730/
Fiorina672,388/
Feiring67437/
Firn67315/
Foirien67114/
Phirime6766/
Fairing6733/
Fairina6717/
Faihrem6715/
Firring6713/
Furheim6710/
Pheirim675/
Fihring675/
Feitrin674/
Fhirina673/
Freheim673/
Ferreim672/
Phairim671/
Ferrime671/
Firienė671/
Fiorion671/
Fairhem671/
Foiring671/
Fettrim671/
Fairion670/
Fhiring670/

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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 Firim
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