Salmers Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Salmers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salmers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada551:669,92054,285
United States71:51,779,848968,877
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Salmers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Salmers occurs most in Canada. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Salmers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Salmers is the 2,436,415th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name Salmers occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Salmers live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Salmers is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 669,920. In Canada Salmers is most common in: Ontario, where 96 percent reside and Saskatchewan, where 4 percent reside. Beside Canada this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Salmers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Salmers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Salmers last name expanded 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Salmers Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Salmers earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 30.69% less than the national average, earning $29,906 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.16% more than the national average, earning $54,232 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shalmers933/
Schalmers889/
Salmirs8647/
Zalmers865/
Calmers863/
Salmors861/
Chalmers8033,076/
Hjalmers8035/
Calmerås804/
Chaalmers752/
Challmers752/
Chalmerse751/
Chjalmers751/
Jolmers7132/
Colmers7128/
Cholmers670/
Chalmirs670/

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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 Salmers
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