Pilim Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Pilim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pilim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia461:641,17930,740
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268

Pilim (195) may also be a first name.

Pilim Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pilim (Oriya: ପିଲିମ, Russian: Пилим) occurs in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pilim? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pilim is the 2,414,640th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name Pilim is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Pilim are found; 86 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 86 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 649,894th most common given name at a global level, held by 195 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 641,179. In Malaysia Pilim is primarily concentrated in: Sabah, where 96 percent live and Sarawak, where 4 percent live. Excluding Malaysia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pilime91640/
Pilgim915/
Philim913/
Piliem912/
Poilim911/
Philime836/
Puiliem831/
Philiom831/
Philimn831/
Phillim830/
Pilin80675/
Pulim80111/
Pelim80108/
Pilem8046/
Pylim801/
Phillime77204/
Philisme775/
Pilimova774/
Picellim772/
Phailiem771/
Pilien73909/
Piling73402/
Pilina73313/
Pailin73273/
Pielin73170/
Piolin73109/
Philem7337/
Peilin7333/
Pilion7328/
Philin7325/
Pilgin7320/
Pullim7318/
Peliom7315/
Phulim7314/
Pilhem7311/
Phelim738/
Pilint736/
Paylim736/
Pitlin734/
Poilin733/
Pulaim733/
Phylim733/
Pislem733/
Pulhim731/
Peilem731/
Pilinq731/
Pelhim731/
Petlim731/
Pileem731/
Pileme731/
Peluim730/
Pielym730/
Puliem730/
Philion67986/
Paillin67469/
Pailing67409/
Philien67148/
Phailin6755/
Pulheim6739/
Peiling6739/
Phillin6714/
Pullaim6713/
Philing6710/
Pelheim679/
Phetlim675/
Pilienė675/
Poilien674/
Philina674/
Piolina674/
Pisling672/
Poilina671/
Phelime671/
Paitlin671/
Puiling671/
Poiling671/
Pulliem671/
Pullimm671/
Pulluim671/
Pailion670/
Peilien670/
Puillin670/
Pheleim670/
Phelism670/

Pilim Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pilim in the Oriya language
ପିଲିମpilima-
Pilim in the Russian language
Пилимpilim-

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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 Pilim
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