Ulms Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Latvia

Ulms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ulms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany711:1,133,88074,985
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Ulms Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ulms occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ulms? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,994,173rd most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Ulms live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 1,133,880. In Germany Ulms is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 59 percent are found, Saxony, where 24 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 8 percent are found. Beside Germany it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Ulms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ulms has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ulms surname fell 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ulmås893/
Hulms892/
Uilms891/
Oulms891/
Houlms800/
Olms75518/
Ilms751/
Ulmz751/
Ulmx751/
Holms67923/
Olmås6749/
Hilms6719/
Uilmz671/
Holmås60164/
Holmsz601/
Holmss601/
Holmsh601/
Hillms600/
Hollms600/
Ilmz502/

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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 Ulms
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