Mims Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 4
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Mims Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mims family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 3
Cotton Spinner 2
Labourer 2
Female Servant 2
Shoe Maker 1
Dyer 1
Engineer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Mims

Name Census Frequency
Mary Mims 24
James Mims 22
John Mims 19
William Mims 19
George Mims 11
Elizabeth Mims 10
Sarah Mims 10
Ann Mims 8
Thomas Mims 8
Alfred Mims 6
Henry Mims 6
Charles Mims 5
Eliza Mims 5
Emma Mims 5
Alice Mims 4
Benjamin Mims 4
Emily Mims 4
Ernest Mims 4
Martha Mims 4
Annie Mims 3
Edith Mims 3
Frances Mims 3
Frederick Mims 3
Margaret Mims 3
Robert Mims 3

Mims Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Emms 50% 7,853
2 Imms 50% 1,033
3 Mimms 80% 314
4 Mims 100% 288
5 Emmis 40% 176
6 Emmes 40% 164
7 Mums 75% 155
8 Moms 75% 143
9 Emmas 40% 106

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The surname Mims is the 4th most popular variant of Emms.

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