Kahms Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Kahms Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Kähms (27) are calculated separately.
Kahms Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kahms Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kahms is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Kähms. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kahms? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,730,171st most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Kahms are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 3,354,394. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent reside, Thuringia, where 29 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 25 percent reside. Beside Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent reside and The Philippines, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kähms | 93 | 27 | / |
| Kaehms | 91 | 14 | / |
| Kams | 89 | 550 | / |
| Khoms | 80 | 993 | / |
| Kamsh | 80 | 413 | / |
| Keams | 80 | 199 | / |
| Khams | 80 | 39 | / |
| Kamss | 80 | 37 | / |
| Kaems | 80 | 32 | / |
| Kamms | 80 | 26 | / |
| Kamse | 80 | 17 | / |
| Kohms | 80 | 13 | / |
| Khems | 80 | 12 | / |
| Kamås | 80 | 8 | / |
| Kam's | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cahms | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaims | 80 | 0 | / |
| Khamse | 73 | 418 | / |
| Kamsch | 73 | 37 | / |
| Khamsh | 73 | 33 | / |
| Khayms | 73 | 28 | / |
| Kamsse | 73 | 19 | / |
| Khoums | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kaamse | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kamshe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Khaims | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khemss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khamss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khomsh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khehms | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaimse | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cams | 67 | 305 | / |
| Kems | 67 | 258 | / |
| Koms | 67 | 151 | / |
| Khamsse | 67 | 47 | / |
| Kamz | 67 | 25 | / |
| Kamš | 67 | 11 | / |
| Kamsowa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Khamshe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kheemsh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kamsova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qams | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kahms
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