# Lim (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lim/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Korean.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Korean |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 37,021 |
| US rank (2010) | 936 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,340 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (27,433 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rhim, Lin, Lam |

## Etymology

From Korean, including 임 (Im), 林 or 任; 림 (Rim), 林.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lim in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 92% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lim in Australia.

## People named Lim

- Liza Lim, Australian composer

## Similar surnames

Lima, Lin, Lane, Luna, Leon, Lam, Lynn, Lyon, Leone, Layne, Looney, Linn.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.