Gelms Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Latvia

Gelms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gelms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands221:767,59958,330
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Latvia181:113,89116,101
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Canada21:18,422,796409,488

Gelms Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gelms (Russian: Гельмс) is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gelms.

How Common Is The Last Name Gelms? popularity and diffusion

Gelms is the 2,185,341st most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 67 percent of Gelms reside; 32 percent reside in North America and 32 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Gelms is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 767,599. In The Netherlands Gelms is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 86 percent reside, Drenthe, where 5 percent reside and Groningen, where 5 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Latvia, where 24 percent reside.

Gelms Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gelms surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.

Gelms earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.63% less than the national average, earning $30,364 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elms898,714/
Helms8051,546/
Celms80404/
Zelms80165/
Ellms8067/
Selms8024/
Elmss801/
Elmms801/
Jelms801/
Glems801/
Gilms800/
Ealms800/
Hellms7353/
Chelms7315/
Helmst738/
Heilms737/
Hjelms734/
Helmse732/
Healms732/
Yelmss731/
Helmss731/
Khelms731/
Hjelmås67100/
Hjelmsø6758/
Glåmstø676/
Helmsøe672/
Ilms671/
Glmx671/
Xlms671/
Zlms671/
Glemsch671/
Elmsova671/

Gelms Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gelms in the Russian language
Гельмсgelms-

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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 Gelms
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