Belm Surname
Approximately 740 people bear this surname
Belm Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 359 | 1:73,608 | 5,071 |
| Iraq | 157 | 1:223,068 | 4,985 |
| Portugal | 104 | 1:100,175 | 4,850 |
| Brazil | 46 | 1:4,653,790 | 122,015 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Belm (24) may also be a first name.
Belm Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belm Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Belm (Hindi: बेलम) has its highest incidence in Yemen. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Belm? popularity and diffusion
Belm is the 457,199th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,848,035 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Belm live; 70 percent live in West Asia and 49 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequent first name internationally, held by 24 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Yemen, where it is held by 359 people, or 1 in 73,608. In Yemen Belm is mostly found in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 92 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 6 percent live and Aden Governorate, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Yemen this last name is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 21 percent live and Portugal, where 14 percent live.
Belm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Belm has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Belm last name fell 88 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 82 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellm | 89 | 859 | / |
| Belme | 89 | 268 | / |
| Boelm | 89 | 22 | / |
| Beelm | 89 | 4 | / |
| Belhm | 89 | 3 | / |
| Behlm | 89 | 0 | / |
| Blm | 86 | 26 | / |
| Bhelme | 80 | 11 | / |
| Belhlm | 80 | 4 | / |
| Beglim | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bellme | 80 | 0 | / |
| Velm | 75 | 122 | / |
| Welm | 75 | 94 | / |
| Bhlm | 75 | 46 | / |
| Bilm | 75 | 4 | / |
| Blme | 75 | 3 | / |
| Bllm | 75 | 2 | / |
| Blhm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uelm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Belmova | 73 | 8 | / |
| Blehm | 67 | 1,350 | / |
| Woelm | 67 | 227 | / |
| Wellm | 67 | 199 | / |
| Velme | 67 | 104 | / |
| Voelm | 67 | 31 | / |
| Weelm | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bilme | 67 | 7 | / |
| Welme | 67 | 7 | / |
| Vellm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wielm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhilm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Billm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huelm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bylme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vielm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weslm | 67 | 0 | / |
Belm Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Belm in the Hindi language | ||
| बेलम | belama | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Belm
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis