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Lim World Ranking

In the United States, the name Lim is the 1,958th most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Lim is ranked the 662nd most popular surname with an estimated 7,858 people with that name. 2 And in France, the name Lim is the 1,607th popular surname with an estimated 3,714 people with that name. 3 Australia ranks Lim as 219th with 15,121 people. 4 New Zealand ranks Lim as 493rd with 1,382 people. 5


Contemporary Notables of the name Lim (post 1700) +

  • Brigadier-General Vicente Lim (1889-1944), American Commanding General 41st Philippine Division (1941-1942) 6
  • John Lim, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1998 7
  • Lim Goh Tong (1918-2007), prominent wealthy Malaysian Chinese businessman


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. "Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
  3. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  4. "Most Common Last Names in Australia." Forebears, https://forebears.io/australia/surnames
  5. "Most Common Last Names in New Zealand." Forebears, https://forebears.io/new-zealand/surnames
  6. Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2012, April 10) Vicente Lim. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Lim/Vicente/USA.html
  7. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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