Lelme Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Lelme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lelme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea451:181,19425,163
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Lelme (14) may also be a first name.

Lelme Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lelme occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lelme? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,909,720th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Lelme live; 100 percent live in Oceania Islands and 100 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 14 people.

Lelme is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: East New Britain, where 58 percent reside and West New Britain, where 42 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lelmet9182/
Lelmes910/
Lelm89168/
Lelmett832/
Glielme831/
Lelmi8091/
Lilme8059/
Lelma809/
Lhelm803/
Leulm801/
Leelm801/
Leulmi735,213/
Lilmer732/
Leelma731/
Leeslm731/
Glielmi671,099/
Lehelma6752/
Lehelmä675/
Lilm673/
Lelmaya672/
Leulmay671/
L'Eulmi671/
Leullmi671/
Leelmma671/
Lillmer671/
Lehellma6246/
Lelmaaya621/
Lilma6012/
Lilmi606/
Lillma5512/
Lilmis551/
Lüllma551/
Lillmaa5047/
Lüllmaa5015/

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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 Lelme
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