Nimms 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 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 8
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
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

Nimms Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Nimms family

Profession Census Frequency
Baker 2
Assistant Pawnbroker 1
Iron Carter 1
Book Binder 1
Inspector Metropolitan Police 1
Retired Banker 1
Blacksmith 1
Gentle Woman 1
Licensed East India Service 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Nimms

Name Census Frequency
William Nimms 33
John Nimms 25
Mary Nimms 19
Elizabeth Nimms 11
George Nimms 11
James Nimms 11
Thomas Nimms 11
Annie Nimms 10
Sarah Nimms 9
Charles Nimms 7
Emily Nimms 7
Robert Nimms 7
Agnes Nimms 6
Eliza Nimms 6
Isabella Nimms 6
Jane Nimms 5
Alfred Nimms 4
Henry Nimms 4
Herbert Nimms 4
Janet Nimms 4
Margaret Nimms 4
Violet Nimms 4
Hugh Nimms 3
Kate Nimms 3
Louisa Nimms 3

Nimms Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Nimms 100% 349
2 Nimmis 83% 195

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