Lime Surname
Approximately 3,306 people bear this surname
Lime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 834 | 1:24,903 | 3,389 |
| Kenya | 655 | 1:70,504 | 6,678 |
| Philippines | 548 | 1:184,741 | 29,618 |
| United States | 536 | 1:676,229 | 53,846 |
| France | 175 | 1:379,558 | 56,305 |
| Albania | 105 | 1:27,753 | 4,425 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| Indonesia | 58 | 1:2,280,159 | 138,233 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Greece | 20 | 1:553,990 | 69,165 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Taiwan | 12 | 1:1,953,729 | 12,642 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 35 | 1:696,439 | 33,013 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 159 | 1:315,841 | 24,783 |
The alternate forms: Limé (32) are calculated separately.
Lime (1,563) may also be a first name.
Lime Demographics
Average Male Lime Height
174.54 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Lime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lime Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lime (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻴﻤﻪ, Oriya: ଲିେମ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may also appear as: Limé. Click here for further possible spellings of Lime.
How Common Is The Last Name Lime? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lime is the 135,867th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,204,339 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 47 percent of Lime reside; 26 percent reside in Central Africa and 18 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Lime is also the 195,921st most frequently used first name globally, held by 1,563 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 834 people, or 1 in 24,903. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: East Region, where 90 percent are found, Centre Region, where 6 percent are found and South Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 65 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 20 percent are found and The Philippines, where 17 percent are found.
Lime Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lime has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lime surname expanded 337 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 29 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lime Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Lime surname is primarily Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Lime surname are 24.26% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.03% registered with the political party.
Lime earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.3% more than the national average, earning $48,026 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lime Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lime in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲିେମ | liema | 96.34 |
| ଲୀେମ | liema | 2.44 |
| ଳିେମ | liema | 1.22 |
| Lime in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻴﻤﻪ | lymh | 37.5 |
| ﻟﻴﻢ | lym | 37.5 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻴﻤﻪ | allymh | 12.5 |
| ﻟﻴﻤﻰ | lymy | 12.5 |
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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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- 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 Lime
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