Nurme Surname

711,133rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 412 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Nurme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nurme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia2651:4,988511
Finland451:122,14911,804
Indonesia391:3,391,005183,158
Sweden221:447,58032,003
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Nurme (121) may also be a first name.

Nurme Last Name Facts

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

Nurme (Hindi: नूरमे, Russian: Нурме) is borne by more people in Estonia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nurme? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 711,133rd most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 17,688,218 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Nurme are found; 81 percent are found in Northern Europe and 64 percent are found in Baltic Europe. It is also the 848,089th most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 121 people.

The last name Nurme is most widely held in Estonia, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 4,988. Other than Estonia it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 11 percent reside and Indonesia, where 9 percent reside.

Nurme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nurme has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nurme last name expanded 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nurme Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nurme last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Nurme earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 78.45% more than the national average, earning $77,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.25% less than the national average, earning $31,673 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nurmet9132/
Nurmes9127/
Nurmey910/
Nurm89440/
Nurhmed831/
Nurmi8011,634/
Nurma802,283/
Norme8086/
Nirme8011/
Nourm804/
Nurmd801/
Nourmi73386/
Nurmio73360/
Nourma73242/
Normey73125/
Nurmai7398/
Nurmis7379/
Nurmaa7338/
Normie7330/
Nirmeh7323/
Nurmay735/
Normee734/
Normei734/
Noorme731/
Nourmy731/
Nurmuj731/
Nurmiy731/
Nurmedowa712/
Nurmaya672,120/
Norm67703/
Nurmaja6768/
Noormäe6713/
Nurmist6712/
Noermei6710/
Nurmays678/
Nurmova677/
Nurmysh677/
Ngurmai675/
Nuermai674/
Noormei673/
Nurmoha671/

Nurme Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nurme in the Hindi language
नूरमेnurame-
Nurme in the Russian language
Нурмеnurme-

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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 Nurme
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