Is the surname Halim a chinese surname?

-There's this chinese person I know with the surname Halim and it was funny cuz it didn't sound chinese to me, it sounded muslim-ish. I asked him and he said he's 100% chinese. What are the origins of this surname?Are you yours?? The origin of surnames can be lost in antiquity, or in the case of US immigrants , the result of a bureaucrat's spelling. The simplest explanation in this case is two words pronounced as one.