Lym Surname

384,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 924 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Lym Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lym Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3101:1,169,22283,615
Cambodia2011:77,0502,178
Ukraine1521:299,49138,253
Jamaica731:39,3142,567
Thailand361:1,962,176235,280
Kazakhstan311:570,40340,441
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
England171:3,277,533109,658
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
China71:195,331,65210,124
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Scotland91:415,91311,811
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States761:660,77243,333

Lym (333) may also be a first name.

Lym Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lym (Russian: Лым) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lym? popularity and diffusion

It is the 384,654th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 7,886,954 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Lym live; 35 percent live in North America and 35 percent live in Anglo-North America. Lym is also the 479,726th most frequent given name on earth, held by 333 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 310 people, or 1 in 1,169,222. In The United States Lym is most common in: California, where 24 percent reside, Utah, where 19 percent reside and Wyoming, where 15 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 39 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 22 percent reside and Ukraine, where 16 percent reside.

Lym Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lym has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lym last name grew 408 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lym Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lym surname are 12.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 65.57% registered with the political party.

The amount Lym earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 28.48% more than the national average, earning $55,438 USD per year and in Canada they earn 61.61% more than the national average, earning $80,295 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lymm8637/
Leym8626/
Luym8624/
Loym864/
Lyom862/
Hlym861/
Lhym861/
Lytm861/
Lymh861/
Laym861/
Layme7512,532/
Leyme75147/
Lyhme7517/
Loyme757/
Lohym751/
Lhlym751/
Lythm751/
Luhym751/
Hleym751/
Lyaim751/
Lahym751/
Lhymm751/
Lymth750/
Lim67823,649/
Lem6729,844/
Lím6759/
Lymova6715/
Ljm676/
Lîm672/
Lêm671/
Lém671/

Lym Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lym in the Russian language
Лымlym-

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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 Lym
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