Lerm Surname
Approximately 2,092 people bear this surname
Lerm Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,457 | 1:37,184 | 4,767 |
| Germany | 401 | 1:200,762 | 23,045 |
| Brazil | 80 | 1:2,675,929 | 80,209 |
| Australia | 64 | 1:421,808 | 33,593 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Lérm (2) are calculated separately.
Lerm (21) may also be a first name.
Lerm Demographics
Average Lerm Salary in
United States
$29,906 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lerm Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lerm Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lerm (Russian: Лерм) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can occur as: Lérm. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lerm? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lerm is the 199,660th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,483,531 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Lerm live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 21 people.
Lerm is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,457 people, or 1 in 37,184. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 32 percent live, Western Cape, where 31 percent live and North West, where 9 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 19 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.
Lerm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lerm has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lerm last name rose 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lerm Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Lerm earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63% more than the national average, earning R 387,348 per year and in United States they earn 30.69% less than the national average, earning $29,906 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lerm Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lerm in the Russian language | ||
| Лерм | lerm | - |
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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 Lerm
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