Flimm Surname

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

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Flimm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flimm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1011:797,08458,657
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Flimm Last Name Facts

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

The last name Flimm occurs most in Germany. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Flimm.

How Common Is The Last Name Flimm? popularity and diffusion

Flimm is the 1,775,494th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. Flimm is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Flimm are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 797,084. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent live, Hesse, where 22 percent live and Berlin, where 10 percent live. Other than Germany it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Flimm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Flimm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Flimm last name grew 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flim89793/
Flaim801,618/
Flemm80481/
Flymm8015/
Flime805/
Flämm801/
Flimt801/
Fleim801/
Flinm801/
Fliem801/
Flism800/
Flemme7365/
Fleime7317/
Fillim733/
Floime733/
Fellim733/
Flem67948/
Flimova6724/
Flym6723/
Vellimm671/
Filliom671/
Fillgim671/

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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 Flimm
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