Alms Surname
Approximately 1,536 people bear this surname
Alms Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 937 | 1:386,829 | 34,050 |
| Germany | 527 | 1:152,762 | 18,298 |
| Pakistan | 24 | 1:7,443,495 | 40,927 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 151 | 1:332,574 | 25,759 |
Alms (55) may also be a first name.
Alms Demographics
Average Alms Salary in
United States
$45,490 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Alms Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alms Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alms (Oriya: ଅଲମାସ) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alms? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 256,621st most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,744,496 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Alms are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Alms is also the 1,336,256th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 55 people.
The last name Alms is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 937 people, or 1 in 386,829. In The United States it is primarily found in: Illinois, where 25 percent are found, Minnesota, where 12 percent are found and Missouri, where 9 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 34 percent are found and Pakistan, where 2 percent are found.
Alms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Alms has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Alms surname rose 621 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Alms Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Alms surname are 22.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.58% registered with the political party.
Alms earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.43% more than the national average, earning $45,490 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almås | 89 | 983 | / |
| Halms | 89 | 44 | / |
| Galms | 89 | 11 | / |
| Almse | 89 | 9 | / |
| Almst | 89 | 2 | / |
| Al'ms | 89 | 1 | / |
| Aelms | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ealms | 89 | 0 | / |
| Almsht | 80 | 79 | / |
| Almsøe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ahlmås | 80 | 4 | / |
| Healms | 80 | 2 | / |
| Almstd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Halmse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Halmsh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hallms | 80 | 0 | / |
| Elms | 75 | 8,714 | / |
| Olms | 75 | 518 | / |
| Almz | 75 | 8 | / |
| Almx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Helms | 67 | 51,546 | / |
| Holms | 67 | 923 | / |
| Ohlms | 67 | 445 | / |
| Ellms | 67 | 67 | / |
| Golms | 67 | 65 | / |
| Olmås | 67 | 49 | / |
| Almåsstø | 67 | 6 | / |
| Almjd | 67 | 5 | / |
| Uilms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojlms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oulms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Almze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hölms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elmss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Almch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elmms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Almış | 67 | 0 | / |
Alms Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alms in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅଲମାସ | alamasa | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alms
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