as a Last Name
- 569
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Shima
Meaning & Origins
Japanese: meaning ‘island’; it is often written with characters used phonetically. The word does not necessarily denote an island surrounded by water, but can also mean a field separated from its village and surrounded by someone else's property (see Shimada, Nakashima, etc.). The surname is listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku. It is found mostly in the Kyōto– Ōsaka area and in the Ryū kyū Islands. Some instances in America may be the result of shortening other names containing the shima component.
| 36,315th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 569
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Shima per capita
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