Zijm Surname

1,044,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 240 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Zijm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zijm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2291:73,74312,495
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Zijm Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zijm is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zijm? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zijm is the 1,044,719th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Zijm reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Zijm is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 229 people, or 1 in 73,743. In The Netherlands Zijm is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 62 percent reside, Utrecht, where 14 percent reside and Gelderland, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The Dominican Republic, where 2 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zeijm891/
Zhijim801/
Sijm75830/
Zejm753/
Zism752/
Cijm751/
Xijm751/
Zjcm751/
Ziém751/
Zaism6718/
Zjeem674/
Jijem673/
Zeaim672/
Zihim672/
Ziesm671/
Zizmd671/
Ziyom671/
Jijim671/
Zihem671/
Zhism671/

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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 Zijm
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