Pahms Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pahms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pahms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Pahms Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pahms is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pahms click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pahms? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pahms is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Pahms live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 7,318,678. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 64 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 18 percent reside and Brandenburg, where 9 percent reside. Not including Germany it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent reside and The Philippines, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pams89135/
Phams8025/
Pamsh8019/
Pamse806/
Peams802/
Paims801/
Pamsch7331/
Phomms731/
Pamsse731/
Poms67439/
Pems671/
Pamx671/
Pomms6057/
Pamce6011/
Pamch603/
Poems602/
Paimx602/
Pamje602/
Pomse602/
Pfamz601/
Pamše601/
Poums601/
Pomss600/
Pooms600/
Peamjt551/

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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 Pahms
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