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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

'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.

Meaning of LIMA in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of LIMA.

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.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LIMA

The following words are slight variants of LIMA that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.