Gimis Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Gimis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 156 | 1:52,267 | 6,566 |
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Latvia | 13 | 1:157,696 | 20,118 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gimiš (1) are calculated separately.
Gimis (37) may also be a first name.
Gimis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gimis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gimis has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant: Gimiš. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gimis? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,044,719th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 65 percent of Gimis are found; 65 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 65 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Gimis is also the 1,688,769th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 37 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 156 people, or 1 in 52,267. In Papua New Guinea Gimis is primarily concentrated in: Bougainville, where 94 percent reside, National Capital District, where 4 percent reside and Gulf, where 1 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea Gimis occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 13 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Gimis
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