Flems Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Flems Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flems Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Flems Last Name Facts

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

Flems (Russian: Флемс) is carried by more people in Denmark than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flems? popularity and diffusion

The surname Flems is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Flems occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Flems are found; 50 percent are found in Northern Europe and 50 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Denmark, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 1,881,572. In Denmark it is most prevalent in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 67 percent live and Region Zealand, where 33 percent live. Apart from Denmark Flems is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fleems910/
Flens80488/
Vlems80148/
Flims8039/
Floms801/
Flemz801/
Felms800/
Films800/
Flyms800/
Vleems73111/
Flaams739/
Fluens730/
Flaens730/
Flenns730/
Flamms730/
Flense730/
Fellens67171/
Villems67168/
Vellems675/
Vyllems671/
Fellemz671/
Fleinss670/
Fillens670/
Floensh670/

Flems Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Flems in the Russian language
Флемсflems-

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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
  • 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 Flems
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