Limas Surname
Approximately 20,071 people bear this surname
Limas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 6,606 | 1:18,790 | 1,495 |
| Brazil | 2,871 | 1:74,564 | 2,784 |
| Peru | 2,657 | 1:11,962 | 1,631 |
| United States | 2,567 | 1:141,199 | 14,659 |
| Colombia | 1,460 | 1:32,722 | 2,017 |
| Philippines | 1,300 | 1:77,876 | 13,479 |
| Indonesia | 748 | 1:176,804 | 17,092 |
| Honduras | 487 | 1:18,104 | 811 |
| Venezuela | 255 | 1:118,447 | 4,035 |
| Portugal | 217 | 1:48,010 | 2,732 |
| Argentina | 200 | 1:213,717 | 17,610 |
| Nicaragua | 101 | 1:59,615 | 1,528 |
| Cuba | 97 | 1:118,791 | 3,283 |
| France | 94 | 1:706,625 | 89,060 |
| El Salvador | 92 | 1:68,955 | 1,423 |
| Spain | 84 | 1:556,572 | 26,793 |
| Ecuador | 55 | 1:289,197 | 8,885 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Limaš (1) & Limaş (1) are calculated separately.
Limas (834) may also be a first name.
Limas Demographics
Average Male Limas Height
173.57 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Limas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Limas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Limas (Arabic: يماس, Marathi: िलमस, Oriya: ଲିମାସ, Russian: Лимас) is carried by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Limaš or Limaş. For other possible spellings of Limas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Limas? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 26,780th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 363,088 people. Limas occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Limas live; 46 percent live in North America and 33 percent live in Hispano-North America. Limas is also the 282,756th most numerous forename internationally, borne by 834 people.
The surname Limas is most widespread in Mexico, where it is held by 6,606 people, or 1 in 18,790. In Mexico Limas is mostly concentrated in: Chihuahua, where 18 percent reside, Tamaulipas, where 18 percent reside and México, where 13 percent reside. Beside Mexico this surname occurs in 60 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 14 percent reside and Peru, where 13 percent reside.
Limas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Limas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Limas last name rose 10,696 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Limas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Limas are 39.4% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 92.63% registered with the party.
The amount Limas earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 22.62% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,001 per year; in Colombia they earn 10.27% more than the national average, earning $25,032,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 22.67% less than the national average, earning $33,365 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.28% less than the national average, earning $41,100 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Limas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Limas in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲିମାସ | limasa | - |
| Limas in the Marathi language | ||
| िलमस | ilamasa | - |
| Limas in the Russian language | ||
| Лимас | limas | - |
| Limas in the Arabic language | ||
| يماس | ymas | - |
| ليماس | lymas | - |
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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 Limas
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