The Im surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,887 people carried this name — #6,880 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 60,200 people counted. That is up 28% from 3,823 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Im surname
Borrowed from Korean 임(林) (Im) or Korean 임(任) (Im).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Im» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Im.
Most of them — 41 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Puy-de-Dôme.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Im in American newspapers,
1874–1891.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,430,927 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Im,
with a public archive behind them.
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Princess Gyeonghwagung 1000–
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Gongye 1109–1183
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Lim nan-su 1342–1407
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Im Won-jun 1423–1500 · civil servant
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Lim Sa-hong 1449–1506 · diplomat
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Lim Hui-jae 1472–1504 · civil servant
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Im.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Im is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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