Thelima Surname

793,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 355 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Thelima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thelima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti3521:30,3522,179
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Thelima (80) may also be a first name.

Thelima Last Name Facts

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

Thelima has its highest incidence in Haiti. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thelima? popularity and diffusion

The surname Thelima is the 793,288th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. The last name Thelima is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Thelima are found; 99 percent are found in Caribbean and 99 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. Thelima is also the 1,075,395th most common first name internationally, borne by 80 people.

The last name Thelima is most frequently used in Haiti, where it is carried by 352 people, or 1 in 30,352. In Haiti Thelima is most numerous in: Sud-Est, where 64 percent are found, Ouest, where 35 percent are found and Artibonite, where 0 percent are found. Barring Haiti this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Thelima
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