Polmes Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

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

Polmes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polmes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Polmes (10) may also be a first name.

Polmes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Polmes is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Polmes.

How Common Is The Last Name Polmes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Polmes is the 6,723,624th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Polmes occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Polmes reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Polmes is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread given name world-wide, borne by 10 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,358,953. In Papua New Guinea Polmes is most prevalent in: West New Britain, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Polhmes921/
Polme9192/
Palmes8316,645/
Polmer8346/
Poolme835/
Polmie833/
Polmee832/
Polmez831/
Pulmes831/
Palmese772,104/
Pollmer77576/
Poolmee7773/
Polmeer7747/
Palmets7715/
Pholmee7710/
Pohlmey774/
Pholmer773/
Palmeus772/
Polmmer771/
Palmees771/
Palmesh771/
Palmesr771/
Poulmee771/
Palmest771/
Palme737,007/
Polma73261/
Polmi73184/
Põlme7323/
Polmé736/
Polmy731/
Phoolmee713/
Poulmmer711/
Paulmeus711/
Polmgois710/
Palmer67362,907/
Paulme67643/
Palmis67420/
Palmei67381/
Palmet67320/
Palmeh67223/
Palmea67214/
Pallme67148/
Palmie6789/
Poolma6757/
Polmai6749/
Palmez6722/
Palmés6718/
Paalme6712/
Poulmi678/
Polmio676/
Palmeș674/
Palmee673/
Palmeş672/
Pálmer671/
Pholma671/
Polmit671/
Poolmi671/
Phalme671/
Palmeu671/
Palmec671/
Palmed671/
Palmhe671/
Poulma671/
Palmey670/
Polmay670/
Polmic670/

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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 Polmes
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