Nurm Surname

677,464th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 440 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Nurm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nurm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia3221:4,105368
Indonesia461:2,874,982163,265
Russia421:3,431,501177,080
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Nurm (42) may also be a first name.

Nurm Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nurm (Hindi: नुर्म, Russian: Нурм) occurs more in Estonia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nurm? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 677,464th most widespread surname globally, borne by around 1 in 16,562,604 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Nurm live; 76 percent live in Northern Europe and 73 percent live in Baltic Europe. It is also the 1,566,439th most common first name globally. It is borne by 42 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Estonia, where it is borne by 322 people, or 1 in 4,105. Not including Estonia Nurm occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 10 percent live and Russia, where 10 percent live.

Nurm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nurm has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Nurm last name fell 89 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nurme89412/
Nourm894/
Nurmd891/
Norm75703/
Nirm755/
Nurmova737/
Norøm6725/
Nnorm6714/
Noorm672/
Noohrm601/
Noorme601/

Nurm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nurm in the Hindi language
नुर्मnurma50
नुरमnurama50
Nurm in the Russian language
Нурмnurm-

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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 Nurm
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