Limmerick Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Suriname

Limmerick Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Limmerick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Suriname11:552,6169,664
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Limmerick Last Name Facts

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

The surname Limmerick has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Limmerick? popularity and diffusion

The surname Limmerick is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Limmerick are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Limmerick is mostly found in: California, where 50 percent are found and Washington, where 50 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 25 percent are found and Suriname, where 25 percent are found.

Limmerick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Limmerick has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Limmerick last name declined 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Limerick941,531/
Lemmerick8932/
Limmerics890/
Limeric882/
Limerik881/
Lemerick8225/
Lymerick827/
L'Emerick781/
Lemeric75260/
Limarik752/
Lemerik751/
Lemorick710/
Leemarick671/
Limaruk6328/
Lemerec633/
Lemoric631/
Lemetrek591/
Lemoreck590/
Lemarek501/
Lymarek501/

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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 Limmerick
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis