Shim is used as a family name or surname in South Korea. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shim
No. of characters: 4
Origin: South Korea
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shim

How popular is Shim?

Shim is common in South Korea.

Shim is ranked 2555 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Shims grew by 22.48024 per cent to 4958 since 2000 and ranked 6801 after elevating 773 spots. The last name was found in around 17 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 86.65 86.44
Others 4.44 4.1
Black 4.09 3.98
White 3.59 4.97
Hispanic or Latino 1.07 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.16 0
Shim is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Korea which signifies that it is originated from South Korea. Around 215016 people have been found who wears Shim as their family name. Shim is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,460 Cambodia5
2,987 Maldives5
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
137 Vanuatu3
14,193 Egypt3
65,594 Belgium2
41,879 Turkey2
1,256 Myanmar2
44,018 Poland2
1,333 Guam2
9,272 Ecuador2
35,969 Denmark2
8,657 Lebanon2
5,859 Mauritius2
3,871 Paraguay2
90,903 Moldova1
53,033 Nigeria1
31,584 Peru1
2,377 Marshall Islands1
123,175 Tanzania1
1,970 Grenada1
15,162 Costa Rica1
34,581 Chile1
13,606 Senegal1
29,774 Venezuela1
2,057 Isle of Man1
29,595 Iran1
42,479 Greece1
6,149 Ethiopia1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
24,771 Colombia1
801 Cape Verde1
6,820 Angola1
846 American Samoa1
14,373 Jordan1
16,283 Lithuania1
1,572 Macau1
77,122 Sweden1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
1,819 Laos1
24,421 Slovakia1
4,171 Rwanda1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
17,768 Pakistan1
3,275 Nepal1
2,024 Mongolia1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
23,537 Switzerland45
95,259 Italy45
28,962 Belarus42
2,490 Japan30
8,720 Qatar29
63,662 Spain26
3,873 Thailand24
27,663 Kyrgyzstan20
69,202 Netherlands18
4,313 Guyana17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,262 Kuwait87
12,775 Israel82
186,958 India79
9,394 New Zealand73
65,656 Ukraine72
2,344 Trinidad and Tobago67
852 China60
66,582 Argentina60
144,130 Indonesia51
Countries with hundreds of Shim:
5,160 Canada853
529 Jamaica714
62 Brunei636
735 Taiwan521
23,918 Germany437
37,016 Russia406
723 Hong Kong391
1,149 Singapore390
31,115 Brazil382
8,244 Australia344
34,535 Philippines322
13,426 Kenya314
18,862 England285
9,938 Kazakhstan272
50,564 France196
19,046 Mexico183
7,748 Tunisia132
39,125 South Africa128
7,901 United Arab Emirates122
Countries with thousands of Shim:
7,249 United States5,244
762 Malaysia4,452
1,292 Vietnam1,590
3,116 Uzbekistan1,286
Countries with hundred thousands of Shim:
31 South Korea194,372
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Shim Namesakes

  • Abner Shimony, Physicist
  • Samuel Shimon, Writer
  • Ai Shimizu, Voice actress
  • Mikuni Shimokawa, Singer
  • Asami Shimoda, Voice actress
  • Aiko Shimada, Musical Artist
  • Aiko Shimajiri, Japanese Politician
  • Yoko Shimomura, Composer
  • Akemi Shimizu, Naoyuki Shimizu's wife
  • Aki Shimazaki, Novelist

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