Shalmers Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Shalmers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Shalmers Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Shalmers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shalmers occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shalmers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Shalmers occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Shalmers live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Shalmers is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 100 percent live. Apart from The United States it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schalmers949/
Salmers9362/
Chalmers8833,076/
Challmers822/
Chaalmers822/
Chalmerse821/
Salmirs8047/
Zalmers805/
Salmors801/
Cholmers750/
Chalmirs750/
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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 Shalmers
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