Bemelmans Surname

196,417th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Bemelmans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bemelmans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,1911:14,1792,118
Belgium6941:16,5662,540
France1331:499,41969,818
United States361:10,068,304413,125
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Austria101:851,54467,454
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
England11:55,718,059489,080
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

The alternate forms: Bémelmans (18) are calculated separately.

Bemelmans Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bemelmans Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bemelmans is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Bémelmans. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bemelmans? popularity and diffusion

It is the 196,417th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 3,414,970 people. Bemelmans occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Bemelmans reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 1,191 people, or 1 in 14,179. In The Netherlands Bemelmans is mostly concentrated in: Limburg, where 71 percent are found, North Brabant, where 10 percent are found and North Holland, where 6 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands Bemelmans is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 33 percent are found and France, where 6 percent are found.

Bemelmans Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bemelmans last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bemelmans earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 76.71% more than the national average, earning 611,568 kr per year and in United States they earn 49.42% more than the national average, earning $64,472 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bémelmans9618/
Beemelmans9526/
Bemmelmans9521/
Bemelmanns9517/
Beemelmanns90160/
Bemelmansová861/
Byam Lowmans671/

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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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  • 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 Bemelmans
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