Rem Surname

96,451st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,931 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands

Rem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1,0831:164,9534,315
Russia8321:173,22519,566
United States4771:759,87259,214
Netherlands4601:36,7116,179
Egypt3971:231,57616,276
Papua New Guinea2201:37,0624,461
Cambodia1871:82,8192,236
Philippines1811:559,32762,686
Norway1051:48,9747,020
Germany921:875,05962,702
Kazakhstan861:205,61018,983
Denmark721:78,3997,655
Ukraine631:722,58275,033
France581:1,145,219121,886
Malaysia531:556,49527,316
Hungary501:196,32616,661
Indonesia491:2,698,963156,404
Italy331:1,853,23386,897
India311:24,744,045333,161
Australia291:930,88655,860
Taiwan281:837,3125,934
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Uzbekistan271:1,145,52421,534
Iran271:2,843,79788,363
Poland251:1,520,35087,293
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Burkina Faso161:1,147,00610,865
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Azerbaijan101:964,91214,691
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Kyrgyzstan81:746,58248,952
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Turkey71:11,117,346139,182
Croatia71:604,08640,820
China51:273,464,31313,838
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Moldova41:890,34246,069
England41:13,929,515290,718
Malta41:107,5681,849
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Marshall Islands31:17,2741,698
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States571:881,03053,642

The alternate forms: Rém (4) & Rèm (1) are calculated separately.

Rem (7,313) may also be a first name.

Rem Last Name Facts

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

Rem (Bengali: রেম, Georgian: რემ, Hindi: रेम, Marathi: रेम, Oriya: େରମ, Russian: Рем, Tibetan: རེམ་) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Rém or Rèm. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rem? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 96,451st most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,477,904 people. The last name Rem is mostly found in Asia, where 45 percent of Rem reside; 23 percent reside in South Asia and 23 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 75,400th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 7,313 people.

This last name is most common in Pakistan, where it is held by 1,083 people, or 1 in 164,953. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Sindh, where 99 percent are found, Punjab, where 0 percent are found and Balochistan, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Pakistan Rem is found in 79 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Rem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rem has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Rem last name grew 837 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Rem Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Rem last name is primarily Orthodox (90%) in Russia and Protestant (25%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Rem last name are 14.1% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 60.87% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Rem earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 38.22% more than the national average, earning €41,506 per year; in Norway they earn 21.71% more than the national average, earning 421,222 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.6% more than the national average, earning $45,132 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.11% less than the national average, earning $43,668 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rém894/
Rèm891/
Rehm8623,263/
Reem869,944/
Ream868,351/
Reim866,561/
Reme865,288/
Riem861,774/
Reum861,727/
Rhem86961/
Remm86707/
Reym86447/
Hrem86147/
Remø8674/
Remn8620/
Resm8613/
Rzem8613/
Remd8612/
Remh8611/
Remt865/
Remå864/
Rejm863/
Rgem861/
Rrem861/
Riehm752,628/
Remme752,167/
Rheme751,335/
Reime75889/
Reijm75471/
Rheem75453/
Resme75404/
Re'em75353/
Reame75316/
Rheam75231/
Reyme75205/
Rhiem75172/
Reeme75129/
Reihm7598/
Rheim7560/
Remdt7559/
Reehm7538/
Hreem7536/
Remøe7531/
Hærem7529/
Reemt7524/
Remne7523/
Remnd759/
Remåd759/
Århem757/
Reemh756/
Rhemm756/
Remhs755/
Røiem754/
Remdh754/
Roeym753/
Remhe753/
Retme752/
Ørhem752/
Rheum752/
Reism752/
Rhemn751/
Reetm751/
Remgg751/
Reamt751/
Reesm751/
Remck750/
Rream750/
Ren675,807,973/
Rim67393,911/
Rym6710,212/
Råheim67110/
Remova67109/
Remzső6793/
Raheim6769/
Rne6749/
Remová6741/
Rjm6727/
Geerem6714/
Reijme6710/
Rheemh679/
Hreime676/
Rím675/
Årheim674/
Rheame673/
Reemnh672/
H'Reim672/
Reesme671/
Raheym671/
Rheemn671/
Rejmhe671/
Rheeme671/
Reñ671/
Räm671/
Rreame670/

Rem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rem in the Georgian language
რემrem-
Rem in the Tibetan language
རེམ་rem-
Rem in the Bengali language
রেমrema-
Rem in the Oriya language
େରମerama97.62
େପମepama2.38
Rem in the Marathi language
रेमrema95.24
ेमema4.76
Rem in the Hindi language
रेमrema67.31
रेशमाresama15.38
रेशमresama7.69
्रेमrema3.85
प्रेमprema3.85
Rem in the Russian language
Ремrem-

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Rem Reference & Research

Remus/Rem/Rehm DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Remus/Rem/Rehm FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Rem
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