Gimis Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Gimis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 156 | 1:52,267 | 6,566 |
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Latvia | 13 | 1:157,696 | 20,118 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gimiš (1) are calculated separately.
Gimis (37) may also be a first name.
Gimis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gimis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gimis is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Gimiš. For other possible spellings of Gimis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gimis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,044,719th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. The last name Gimis occurs mostly in Oceania, where 65 percent of Gimis are found; 65 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 65 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,688,769th most widespread first name in the world, held by 37 people.
Gimis is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 52,267. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Bougainville, where 94 percent are found, National Capital District, where 4 percent are found and Gulf, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Gimis
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