Shima is used as a family name or surname in Japan. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shima
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Japan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shima

How popular is Shima?

Shima is common in Japan.

Shima is ranked 8495 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Shimas plummeted by 5.531915 per cent to 666 since 2000 and slipped by 2984 spots and ranked at 34110. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 44.14 40.85
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 42.64 50.5
Others 7.96 6.52
Hispanic or Latino 4.2 1.99
Black 1.05 0
Shima is quite popular family name mostly used in Japan while Albania is ahead in terms of density. Around 63664 people have been found who wears Shima as their family name. Shima is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
82,942 Zimbabwe8
377 Burundi4
1,520 Marshall Islands4
35,184 Poland3
2,967 Vietnam3
3,041 Democratic Republic of The Congo3
14,054 China3
26,321 Israel3
147,165 Czech Republic2
18,035 Egypt2
95,312 Argentina2
26,532 Chile2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
9,185 Hong Kong2
20,186 Kenya2
40,256 Mexico2
9,498 Iceland1
16,283 Lithuania1
37,779 Serbia1
12,270 Lebanon1
8,181 Botswana1
91,024 Belgium1
4,942 Libya1
17,575 Kuwait1
10,190 Bahrain1
30,360 Thailand1
38,841 Scotland1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
5,589 Sudan1
17,236 Ghana1
53,505 Turkey1
172,258 Germany1
4,171 Rwanda1
66,560 Philippines1
18,969 Wales1
11,486 Estonia1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
5,924 Paraguay1
7,198 Maldives1
8,859 Iraq1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
32,867 Belarus36
9,620 Singapore30
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
42,407 Sweden22
92,417 Australia17
355,817 Indonesia15
9,757 Nigeria15
84,957 Spain15
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
122,476 Russia89
133,875 France61
53,461 Canada57
Countries with hundreds of Shima:
32,683 United States891
10,744 Tanzania438
107,310 India193
30,064 South Africa183
46,207 Italy168
11,811 Peru128
43,795 Ukraine117
40,243 England102
Countries with thousands of Shima:
2,227 Bangladesh4,469
1,374 Malaysia2,175
4,981 Iran2,047
252 Albania1,626
12,377 Brazil1,097
Countries with ten thousands of Shima:
374 Japan49,556
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Shima Namesakes

  • Aiko Shimada, Musical Artist
  • Aiko Shimajiri, Japanese Politician
  • Aki Shimazaki, Novelist
  • Akiko Shima, Actress
  • Ako Shimaki, Comic Book Creator
  • Anis Shimada, Musician
  • AnnMarie Shimanoski, Actress
  • Kazuhiko Shimamoto, Manga artist
  • Nobunaga Shimazaki, TV actor
  • Saeko Shimazu, Voice actress
  • In 1968, Ryûji Shima characterized the role of N in 0 flick Onna ga midareru toki.
  • In 1923 0 flick, Sanshiki sumire, Seiji Shima played Shin Tomita.
  • In 1979, Kazuhiro Shima played the role of Shinji in crime film Rape shot: Momoe no kuchibiru.
  • Utae Shima, from 1965 0 flick Onna irogotoshi, who portrayed the N.
  • Kyôko Shima portrayed the vital character of N in 1974 0 flick Hitozuma sex kaigan.
  • Gorô Shima characterized the crucial role of N in 1978 0 flick Jôfu okashi.
  • In 2001 animation and horror movie, Malice@Doll, Ryouka Shima portrayed Heather@Doll.
  • Yuki Shima, from 1968 drama, musical flick Hatsukoi sengen, who played the Akiko Yokoyama.

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