Belm Surname

457,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

Belm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Belm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen3591:73,6085,071
Iraq1571:223,0684,985
Portugal1041:100,1754,850
Brazil461:4,653,790122,015
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
Iran101:7,678,252153,484
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France21:33,211,361423,184
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bellm89859/
Belme89268/
Boelm8922/
Beelm894/
Belhm893/
Behlm890/
Blm8626/
Bhelme8011/
Belhlm804/
Beglim802/
Bellme800/
Velm75122/
Welm7594/
Bhlm7546/
Bilm754/
Blme753/
Bllm752/
Blhm751/
Uelm751/
Belmova738/
Blehm671,350/
Woelm67227/
Wellm67199/
Velme67104/
Voelm6731/
Weelm677/
Bilme677/
Welme677/
Vellm671/
Wielm671/
Bhilm671/
Billm671/
Huelm671/
Bylme671/
Vielm671/
Weslm670/

Belm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Belm in the Hindi language
बेलमbelama-

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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
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  • 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
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