The Shim surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,958 people carried this name — #6,801 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,500 people counted. That is up 22% from 4,048 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Shim surname

Borrowed from Korean 심(沈) (Sim).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Shim» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 41 people named Shim live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 41

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Shim in American newspapers,
1898.

Newspaper page from The Worthington Advance carrying the name Shim
The Worthington Advance 1898-01-20
Newspaper page from The Brinkley Argus carrying the name Shim
The Brinkley Argus 1898-01-13
Newspaper page from The Bourbon News carrying the name Shim
The Bourbon News 1898-01-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 74,405 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shim in Australian newspapers,
1850s–2000s.

675 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shim. The most, 105, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 253
New South Wales 164
Queensland 117
South Australia 49
Western Australia 47
Tasmania 35
ACT (Canberra) 7

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shim.

Who carried it

People named Shim,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Shen Weijing d. 1597 · diplomat
  • Shim Mi-seon d. 2002
  • Sim Deok-bu 1328–1401 · civil servant
  • Sim Deok-bu 1328–1401 · civil servant
  • Sim Hyo-saeng 1349–1398 · politician
  • Sim Hyo-saeng 1349–1398 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shim,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States47 records

47 records of the Shim name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alvin T. Shim

    Born 1923 in Hawaii. Enlisted 1944 at Presidio of Monterey, California; office clerk from Alameda County, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Hannah Shim

    Arrived at New York in 1858 aboard the Universe from Liverpool, aged 18; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Young S. Shim

    Born 1882 in Korea. Registered as a foreign national in Honolulu, Hawaii, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 47 records for Shim in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Shim name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Robert Shim

    Born 1882 in George Town, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Shim in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Shim name in Canada Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record R. W. Shim

    Came to Ontario in 1872 aboard the Lake Ontario, landing at Quebec, bound for Aurora, Ontario; Irish.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Counts: Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Shim name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Choon Ja Shim

    Born 1929 in Seoul (Corée du Sud); died 1998 in Lyon (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Shim.

When the index is not enough

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