Sholmes Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Sholmes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sholmes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sholmes (6) may also be a first name.

Sholmes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sholmes is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Sholmes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sholmes? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 11,742,229th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Sholmes is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Sholmes reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Sholmes is also the 4,967,096th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 6 people.

It is most widespread in Australia, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 26,995,701. Other than Australia it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scholmes934/
Solmes92206/
Solmeus863/
Cholmes862/
Sholmer862/
Solme8373/
Schalmes8021/
Shalmesh806/
Soilemes806/
Scholmer801/
Schoolmeest781/
Solmer77133/
Shalme7721/
Solmet7719/
Solmea7714/
Solmez7714/
Cholme7713/
Solmie778/
Solmis778/
Salmes777/
Soulme775/
Solmey774/
Sholmi772/
Soilme771/
Schulmeis751/
Scholma71469/
Chalmes71173/
Soyleme71152/
Soulmey7183/
Schalme7145/
Sollmer7126/
Cholmer7111/
Solmisz7110/
Schulmeiss717/
Soileme715/
Salmeus715/
Sahlmer714/
Shalmee712/
Shalmeh712/
Shalmer712/
Shelmis711/
Sulmeus711/
Suolmez711/
Soulmie711/
Soylmez711/
Sohlmer711/
Salme676,391/
Solmi671,353/
Soylemez67239/
Solma67190/
Challmes6714/
Solmy6713/
Schalmey673/
Shalmeet671/
Chalmesh671/
Chalmeas671/
Soilemez671/
Chalmese671/
Chalmeis671/
Shalmeez671/
Chalmess670/

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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 Sholmes
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