View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Shim Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Shim (Arabic: شيم, Hindi: शिम, Marathi: शीम, Oriya: ଶିମ, Russian: Шим) is most common in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Shim click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shim? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 31,179^th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 425,376 people. The last name Shim occurs predominantly in Asia, where 49 percent of Shim are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Shim is also the 114,924^th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 3,752 people.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 6,012 people, or 1 in 60,289. In The United States Shim is mostly found in: California, where 31 percent live, New York, where 11 percent live and Illinois, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States it is found in 98 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 21 percent live and South Korea, where 11 percent live.

Shim Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Shim has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shim last name expanded 4,734 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 532 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shim Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Shim last name is primarily Orthodox (50%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Shim last name are 0.54% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.69% registered with the party.

The amount Shim earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 471.06% more than the national average, earning S/. 110,700 per year; in United States they earn 18.9% more than the national average, earning $51,304 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.96% more than the national average, earning $59,602 CAD per year.