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Last name frequency

SIM : This last name is indexed 79,698 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

SIM : 1: Scottish (Aberdeenshire) English and Dutch: from the personal name Sim(m) or Sime a short form of Simon.2: Korean: variant of Shim 1.3: Chinese: Teochew Hokkien or Taiwanese Romanization of the surname 沈 (see Shen 1). This form is mainly found in Taiwan Fujian province and eastern Guangdong province from where people migrated to Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand Singapore Malaysia and Indonesia.4: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 岑 see Cen.5: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 單 see Shan 1.

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