Lahme Surname
Approximately 1,848 people bear this surname
Lahme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,776 | 1:45,330 | 5,948 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Lähme (11), Lahmé (8) & Lahmè (2) are calculated separately.
Lahme Demographics
Average Lahme Salary in
United States
$55,423 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lahme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lahme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lahme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﺤﻤﻪ) is found most in Germany. It can be found as a variant: Lähme, Lahmé or Lahmè. Click here for other potential spellings of Lahme.
How Common Is The Last Name Lahme? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 220,942nd most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,943,477 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Lahme are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 1,776 people, or 1 in 45,330. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 69 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 7 percent reside and Hesse, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Germany Lahme exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 percent reside.
Lahme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lahme has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lahme surname grew 213 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lahme Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lahme last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.
The amount Lahme earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 135.82% more than the national average, earning R 560,400 per year and in United States they earn 28.45% more than the national average, earning $55,423 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lahme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lahme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﺤﻤﻪ | lhmh | 60 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﺤﻢ | allhm | 40 |
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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 Lahme
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