Ghimp Surname

526,285th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Ghimp Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghimp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova5731:6,215965
Romania331:608,42043,703
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Ghimp Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ghimp is borne by more people in Moldova than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ghimp.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghimp? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 526,285th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,830,432 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ghimp live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname Ghimp is most commonly occurring in Moldova, where it is borne by 573 people, or 1 in 6,215. In Moldova Ghimp is most prevalent in: Ialoveni District, where 60 percent reside, Chișinău Municipality, where 27 percent reside and Nisporeni District, where 8 percent reside. Besides Moldova this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 5 percent reside and Russia, where 1 percent reside.

Ghimp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ghimp has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ghimp surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghimpe91108/
Gimp89193/
Ghmp891/
Gimpe8054/
Gimps801/
Gimpp800/
Gmp757/
Gesimp736/
Guimpe732/
Gemp67136/
Guimphe6717/
Gimb6714/
Gymp675/
Gmpp673/
Gmpz672/
Gnmp672/
Gjmp671/
Ghnp671/
Gmpt671/
Gmph671/
Gmmp671/
Ngmp671/

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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 Ghimp
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