Nimms Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Latvia

Nimms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nimms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England461:529,89928,330
Scotland341:110,0955,249
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1381:363,90427,584

Nimms Last Name Facts

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

Nimms is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nimms click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nimms? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Nimms live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States Nimms is most numerous in: Florida, where 31 percent are found, Georgia, where 31 percent are found and Texas, where 15 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 6 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Nimms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Nimms has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nimms surname decreased 91 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 98 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Nimms Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Episcopalian (100%) in Ireland.

Nimms 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
Nims892,436/
Nimse809,552/
Nimsz80125/
Niems80102/
Neims8037/
Naims808/
Nimsh801/
Nimmz801/
Nuims801/
Nemms801/
Nimsch7368/
Nimshe7331/
Neihms730/
Nimz671,830/
Nems67838/
Nimsová6745/
Nums6744/
Niemsch6712/
Nimš678/
Nyms675/
Nimsova672/
Nimx671/

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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 Nimms
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