Rimms Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Rimms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rimms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Rimms Last Name Facts

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

Rimms is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rimms? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Rimms occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Rimms reside; 33 percent reside in North America and 33 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 100 percent live. Not including England Rimms occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 percent live.

Rimms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rimms has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Rimms surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rims89112/
Reims80342/
Riems8060/
Rimsh8056/
Rimss8023/
Rimås8019/
Raims8012/
Remms804/
Rhims802/
Rimsø801/
Ruims800/
Rioms800/
Rumms800/
Rheims73196/
Reihms7335/
Rimsch739/
Reimsz731/
Rimshe731/
Reimsh731/
Rimmch730/
Riehms730/
Rhiems730/
Rems67913/
Ryms6781/
Räms6742/
Rums678/
Rimsova672/
Rimz671/
Reimsch671/

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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 Rimms
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