Jelmer Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Jelmer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Jelmer (5,139) may also be a first name.
Jelmer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jelmer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jelmer is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jelmer? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 75 percent of Jelmer live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 94,570th most widely held given name on earth, borne by 5,139 people.
It is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 8,443,588. In The Netherlands Jelmer is most common in: North Brabant, where 50 percent are found and South Holland, where 50 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Jelmer
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