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
The surname Hjälm occurs in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Hjalm. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hjälm? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 659,458th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 15,981,460 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Hjälm reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
It is most widely held in Sweden, where it is carried by 447 people, or 1 in 22,029. In Sweden Hjälm is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 30 percent live, Stockholm County, where 23 percent live and Uppsala County, where 9 percent live. Beside Sweden this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 2 percent live and Norway, where 0 percent live.
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
- 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 Hjälm
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