Lymes Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Lymes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lymes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France151:4,428,181244,602
United States101:36,245,893832,629
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England511:477,94826,685
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Lymes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lymes has its highest incidence in France. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lymes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,957,383rd most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. Lymes is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Lymes reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Lymes is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 4,428,181. In France it is most numerous in: Brittany, where 87 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 13 percent reside. Apart from France this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent reside.

Lymes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lymes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lymes last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lymes Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Anglican (83%) in Ireland.

Lymes earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 58.57% less than the national average, earning $17,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luymes91216/
Laymes9113/
Lymeus914/
Leymes912/
Lhymes911/
Lyomes911/
Lymess910/
Lymmes910/
Laymesh831/
Lemes8093,358/
Limes80923/
Lymis800/
Lesmes738,534/
Lemesh732,290/
Luimes73769/
Lemets73443/
Laimes73359/
Llemes73152/
Lemmes73125/
Lemese7395/
Limeus7364/
Liemes7362/
Limese7334/
Lismes7319/
Leumes7318/
Lemeus7316/
Lehmes7313/
Llimes7310/
Lemges738/
Limezs737/
Limões736/
Lemezs736/
Limeas735/
Leemes735/
Laymez734/
Limges734/
Limesh734/
Leames733/
Lemess733/
Lymysh733/
Lemest732/
Lemees732/
Lemehs731/
Lemesz731/
Lemesd731/
Lemesx731/
Limets731/
Leimes731/
Lemeis731/
Leymez731/
Lemies731/
Limmes730/
Litmes730/
Lemiesz67887/
Luijmes67200/
Leemets67196/
Limesse6778/
Laimets6777/
Lemesch6712/
Limiesz675/
Leimets673/
Lessmes672/
Lemesse672/
Lemmehs671/
Lehmets671/
Lemeisz671/
Leemest671/
Limeesh671/
Laitmes671/
Leamets671/
L'Himes671/

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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 Lymes
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