Eelm Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Thailand

Eelm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eelm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Eelm Last Name Facts

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

The last name Eelm occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Eelm? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Eelm is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Eelm reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Eelm is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 50 percent are found and Rivers, where 50 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eelem892/
Elm864,849/
Eselme801/
Esselm801/
Eiselm800/
Helm7544,469/
Gelm75730/
Elme75698/
Yelm75159/
Ealm7515/
Aelm756/
Ehlm755/
Elmå754/
Ellm754/
Oelm753/
Elhm753/
Ejlm752/
Elmm751/
Elım751/
Eilm751/
Uelm751/
Eslm751/
Etlm751/
Eulm751/
Elmt751/
Hesselm731/
Helme674,044/
Ealem67608/
Eylem6789/
Hellm6748/
Hielm6739/
Elmøe6720/
Haelm6717/
Hoelm6711/
Gehlm679/
Ealme675/
Heilm674/
Etlem673/
Healm672/
Helmm672/
Hejlm672/
Elmme672/
Helmh671/
Huelm671/
Iselm671/
Gelhm671/
Helmt671/
Helmø671/
Gel'm671/
Eilem671/
Elhmd671/
Elmhs671/
Hyelm670/

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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 Eelm
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