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
Lerm (Russian: Лерм) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Lérm. Click here for other possible spellings of Lerm.
How Common Is The Last Name Lerm? popularity and diffusion
Lerm is the 199,660th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,483,531 people. The surname Lerm is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Lerm are found; 70 percent are found in Southern Africa and 70 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Lerm is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 21 people.
This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,457 people, or 1 in 37,184. In South Africa Lerm is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 32 percent reside, Western Cape, where 31 percent reside and North West, where 9 percent reside. Not including South Africa Lerm is found in 26 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 19 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.
Lerm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lerm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held 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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