Çim Surname

219,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,860 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Çim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Çim Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,8581:41,8854,301
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

The alternate forms: Cim (11,486) are calculated separately.

Çim Last Name Facts

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

The last name Çim occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Cim. For other possible spellings of Çim click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Çim? popularity and diffusion

It is the 219,780th most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,918,035 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Çim live; 83 percent live in West Asia and 83 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most widespread in Turkey, where it is borne by 1,858 people, or 1 in 41,885. In Turkey it is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 30 percent live, Ankara Province, where 9 percent live and Diyarbakir Province, where 7 percent live. Other than Turkey Çim occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Bulgaria, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Çim Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Çim has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Çim surname decreased 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cim8911,486/
Çimi86186/
Çimo86127/
Çime86109/
Çima8689/
Sim67480,931/
Zim679,120/
Xim6746/
Çin679/
Çimova679/
Šim671/
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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 Çim
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