Unshelm Surname

1,305,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Unshelm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unshelm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1301:619,27349,237
Venezuela221:1,372,91318,810
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Unshelm Last Name Facts

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

The surname Unshelm is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Unshelm? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,305,105th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Unshelm reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 82 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 619,273. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 6 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany Unshelm exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 13 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Anshelm86142/
Enshelm864/
Unzhelm861/
Aunsholm807/
Anshlem711/
Anshélm711/
Inotchelim5952/
Onyeashilam562/

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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 Unshelm
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