# Lima (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 19,109 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,882 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,157 people |
| Change since 2000 | +41% (13,539 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lima 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) | 45% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 46% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lima in Brazil, the United States, Argentina, Andorra, Spain and Bolivia.

## People named Lima

- Adriana Lima, Brazilian model
- Ildefons Lima, Andorran association football player
- Fernanda Lima, Brazilian actress
- Ânderson Lima, Brazilian association football player
- Kevin Lima, American animator and director
- Lucas Lima, Brazilian footballer (born 1990)
- Gusttavo Lima, Brazilian singer
- Lima, Brazilian footballer
- Erik Lima, Brazilian association football player
- Antoni Lima Solá, Andorran association football player
- Willian Lima, Brazilian judoka
- Floriana Lima, American actress

and 49 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Lim, Lema, Lama, Lian, Lane, Luna, Leon, Lin, Lam, Lynn, Lyon, Leone.

## 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.