Mims Family History
Mims Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Mimms (North and South Mimms) in
Hertfordshire, most probably derived from an ancient British tribal
name, Mimmas.
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Name Distribution of Mims Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mims families
 137 - 271  46 - 136 |
 1 - 45  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Mims families
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9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mims families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Mims census records
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Mims Family Origin
Mims Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Mims
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Mims Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Mims Civil War Service Records
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