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    The surname Rim

    A surname, carried by 1,163 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R500

    Rim: #22,194 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Rim #22,194, 1,163 people Rim: #22,194 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Rim #22,194, 1,163 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rim is more common than 86.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,163 people named Rim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,473 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 990.

    #22,194
    rank among US surnames
    1,163
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.5%
    change since 2000 (was #23,831)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,194Ramanathan1,163265,473
    #22,201Janak1,162265,702

    Who is named Rim

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Rim identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rim

    Rim has the Soundex code R500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rim?
    1,163 people in the United States had the surname Rim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,473 Americans. It ranked 22,194th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rim?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Rim identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Rim getting more or less common?
    More common. 990 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,163 in 2010, up 18%.