Polme Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Polme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines351:2,892,521138,859
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

The alternate forms: Põlme (23) & Polmé (6) are calculated separately.

Polme (113) may also be a first name.

Polme Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polme occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Põlme or Polmé. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Polme? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,943,350th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 39 percent of Polme live; 38 percent live in Southeast Asia and 38 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 881,625th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 113 people.

It is most common in The Philippines, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 2,892,521. In The Philippines Polme is most frequent in: Calabarzon, where 80 percent are found, Cordillera Administrative Region, where 17 percent are found and Western Visayas, where 3 percent are found. Outside of The Philippines this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 30 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Põlme9323/
Polmé936/
Polmer9146/
Polmes918/
Poolme915/
Polmie913/
Polmee912/
Polmez911/
Polm89387/
Pollmer83576/
Poolmee8373/
Polmeer8347/
Pholmee8310/
Pohlmey834/
Pholmer833/
Polhmes831/
Polmmer831/
Poulmee831/
Palme807,007/
Polma80261/
Polmi80184/
Pulme8010/
Polmy801/
Pollm801/
Phoolmee773/
Poulmmer771/
Palmer73362,907/
Palmes7316,645/
Paulme73643/
Palmei73381/
Palmet73320/
Palmeh73223/
Palmea73214/
Pallme73148/
Palmie7389/
Pulmer7360/
Poolma7357/
Polmai7349/
Palmez7322/
Paalme7312/
Poulmi738/
Polmio736/
Potlem734/
Palmeș734/
Palmee733/
Palmeş732/
Poolmi731/
Polmit731/
Pálmer731/
Palmhe731/
Palmed731/
Pholma731/
Poulma731/
Phalme731/
Palmeu731/
Pfolmm731/
Pulmet731/
Pulmes731/
Polmay730/
Palmey730/
Palm6749,534/
Pallmer67346/
Palmett67225/
Pfalmer67119/
Palmeth6785/
Polmová6778/
Põlm6738/
Paalmäe6727/
Pholmai6721/
Paulmer6720/
Palmets6715/
Phalmer6711/
Palmmer676/
Pullmee674/
Pulmmer674/
Palmhed674/
Paalmer673/
Palmeer673/
Pullmer673/
Palmerr672/
Phoolma671/
Palmest671/
Ppalmer671/
Poulmma671/
Pholmma671/
Pallmet671/
Palmees671/
Palmesh671/
Polmova671/
Palmesr671/
Poulmai671/
Pollmay670/
Paslmer670/

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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 Polme
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