Solms Surname

360,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,006 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Solms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Solms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3801:142,57316,364
Germany2601:309,63631,423
United States1841:1,969,886126,972
Ecuador1281:124,2646,663
Switzerland321:256,65421,165
Namibia31:803,13415,170
England21:27,859,030389,889
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States691:727,80746,603

Solms (15) may also be a first name.

Solms Last Name Facts

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

Solms is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Solms? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 360,039th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 7,244,081 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 38 percent of Solms live; 38 percent live in Southern Africa and 38 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Solms is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 15 people.

Solms is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 380 people, or 1 in 142,573. In South Africa Solms is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 30 percent live, Gauteng, where 28 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 25 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 26 percent live and The United States, where 18 percent live.

Solms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Solms has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Solms last name increased 267 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Solms Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Solms last name are 28.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75.56% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Solms earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.02% more than the national average, earning R 425,424 per year and in United States they earn 9.2% more than the national average, earning $47,120 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scholms830/
Salms8062/
Colms806/
Jolms800/
Collms732/
Cholms731/
Sullms730/
Shelms730/
Schalms670/
Jalms6011/
Calms6010/
Šalms601/
Zulms601/
Calmms551/
Chalms550/
Callms550/

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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 Solms
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