The LIMA surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	13,539	2449	0.005	50
United States (1880 census)	49	50118	0	1
Change since 1880	+13490	+47669	+N/A	+49
Other Countries
Australia	94	14990	0.001	6
United Kingdom	0			0

Top States for LIMA by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	2,583	1308	0.008	76
Massachusetts	2,393	309	0.038	377
Florida	2,215	935	0.014	139
New Jersey	886	1020	0.011	105
New York	840	2290	0.004	44
Top States for LIMA by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Rhode Island	741	106	0.071	707
Massachusetts	2,393	309	0.038	377
Florida	2,215	935	0.014	139
Connecticut	392	1105	0.012	115
New Jersey	886	1020	0.011	105

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LIMA live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LIMA represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LIMA in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LIMA by picking someone at random in Rhode Island than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LIMA

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LIMA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LIMA surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LIMA in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	425	3.14
Asian/Pacific	242	1.79
Native American/Alaskan	8	0.06
White (Caucasian)	6,279	46.38
White (Hispanic)	5,514	40.73
Mixed Race	1,070	7.9

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LIMA surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to LIMA

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LIMA.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.