How common is the last name Lim?

40,278 people in the United States have the last name Lim, about 1 in 7,421. It ranks #839 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LIM

#839

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
40,278
About
1 in 7,421
This common or more
37.7%
Who bears it

Of the 40,278 people with the last name Lim, 90.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.7% as two or more races and 3.1% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lim

#837 Felix · 40,449#838 Noble · 40,384#840 Buckley · 40,231#841 Hardin · 40,223

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lim, most common first.

#259 Lin · 116,776#1,708 Lima · 20,554#30,128 Liem · 832#49,502 Lime · 459#73,107 Liam · 286#78,629 Limo · 262

Also a first name

As a first name, Lim ranks #16,565 of 53,615, with 678 people. See Lim as a first name

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