Karms Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Karms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Karms Last Name Facts

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

Karms (Russian: Кармс) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karms? popularity and diffusion

The surname Karms is the 8,968,613th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Karms are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most common in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Karms is primarily found in: Illinois, where 33 percent reside, Indiana, where 33 percent reside and Michigan, where 33 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Denmark, where 25 percent reside.

Karms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Karms has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Karms last name declined 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kharms9145/
Kearms917/
Karmse912/
Kairms911/
Karmsz911/
Kerms804/
Korms803/
Carms801/
Cairms739/
Kormse738/
Keirms731/
Karmış730/
Kharmsova712/
Kormz601/
Corms601/
Cormse551/
Coorms550/
Cormsh550/

Karms Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karms in the Russian language
Кармсkarms-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Karms
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis