Ghelmez Surname

695,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Ghelmez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghelmez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania4191:47,9195,960
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Ghelmez Last Name Facts

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

Ghelmez occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghelmez? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ghelmez is the 695,980th most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 17,187,608 people. Ghelmez is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Ghelmez reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The surname Ghelmez is most widespread in Romania, where it is borne by 419 people, or 1 in 47,919. In Romania it is most frequent in: Giurgiu County, where 50 percent reside, Călărași County, where 28 percent reside and Prahova County, where 12 percent reside. Beside Romania Ghelmez exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Austria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gelmez923,665/
Ghelme921/
Guelmez864/
Ghelmet861/
Glmez831/
Ghelmeci80103/
Geçilmez8079/
Gecilmez804/
Ghiolmez801/
Gülmez7734,568/
Galmez77532/
Gölmez77124/
Ghelmi7715/
Golmez7715/
Gilmez773/
Gelmes772/
Guelmes71233/
Gyllmez712/
Galmetz711/
Ghelmit711/
Gelmise711/
Gleme6734/
Ghelmici6716/
Gholmesh672/
Gelmiche670/

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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 Ghelmez
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