Hjälm Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Hjälm Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 447 | 1:22,029 | 1,827 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Hjalm (10) are calculated separately.
Hjälm Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hjälm Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hjälm is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Hjalm. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hjälm? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 659,458th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. Hjälm is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Hjälm live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Hjälm is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 447 people, or 1 in 22,029. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 30 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 23 percent reside and Uppsala County, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Sweden this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 2 percent reside and Norway, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hjalm | 93 | 10 | / |
| Hjälme | 91 | 3 | / |
| Hjelm | 80 | 6,456 | / |
| Häelm | 80 | 15 | / |
| Jälme | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hjelme | 73 | 217 | / |
| Häälme | 73 | 27 | / |
| Häelme | 73 | 13 | / |
| Hjelmå | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jelm | 67 | 97 | / |
| Jalm | 67 | 36 | / |
| Ehlm | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ejlm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hielm | 60 | 39 | / |
| Gehlm | 60 | 9 | / |
| Jellm | 60 | 4 | / |
| Jelme | 60 | 2 | / |
| Jallm | 60 | 2 | / |
| Jjalm | 60 | 1 | / |
| Heolm | 60 | 1 | / |
| Yhelm | 60 | 0 | / |
| Hyelm | 60 | 0 | / |
| Jhalmh | 55 | 1 | / |
| Jealem | 55 | 1 | / |
| Jaaalm | 55 | 1 | / |
| Elm | 50 | 4,849 | / |
| Chiholm | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Hjälm
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