Ilmers Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Latvia

Ilmers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ilmers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546

Ilmers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ilmers is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ilmers? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,798,600th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Ilmers occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ilmers live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 3,220,218. In Germany it is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 96 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 4 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Latvia, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hilmers92152/
Eilmers926/
Gilmers920/
Hillmers8623/
Elmers831,039/
Ulmers8322/
Helmers774,804/
Ellmers771,042/
Gelmers77221/
Hilmars7711/
Elmerse7710/
Elmersh774/
Elmerås772/
Elmerst770/
Hulmers770/
Hilmirs770/
Hellmers711,248/
Gellmers7129/
Eullmers714/
Helmersø711/
Hullmers711/
Elmars676/
Healemers671/
Elmors671/
Elmirs671/
Ellmars621/
Elmhirst57293/
Hellmyrs5720/
Hellmors571/

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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 Ilmers
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