Liems Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Suriname
Highest density in:
Suriname

Liems Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Liems Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Liems Last Name Facts

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

The surname Liems is more frequently found in Suriname than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Liems? popularity and diffusion

The surname Liems is the 2,255,512th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Liems live; 45 percent live in South America and 45 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America.

The surname Liems is most frequent in Suriname, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 17,269. Excluding Suriname this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 30 percent reside and Belgium, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lems891,560/
Lims89120/
Liggems831/
Liens80597/
Limse80232/
Limås8029/
Lehms8026/
Leems809/
Lemse807/
Lyims804/
Leims803/
Loems802/
Limms802/
Laems802/
Hlems802/
Lemss801/
Lemms801/
Lemsz801/
Leums801/
Lioms801/
Leams800/
Lisms800/
Luims800/
Lemsch7347/
Liyams734/
Lihens732/
Liense731/
Liiams731/
Lemshe731/
Lejams731/
Lijens731/
Liesens67320/
Loijens67129/
Lums6735/
Lietins6717/
Liésens6710/
Limz674/
Lemz673/
Limx672/
Lehaims671/
Lliyams671/
Gliiens671/
Lyms670/
Lehimsh670/

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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 Liems
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