Velma Surname
Approximately 2,969 people bear this surname
Velma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,380 | 1:555,844 | 27,305 |
| Kenya | 784 | 1:58,903 | 5,806 |
| Ukraine | 422 | 1:107,874 | 15,406 |
| Russia | 146 | 1:987,144 | 76,448 |
| United States | 125 | 1:2,899,671 | 170,778 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Kazakhstan | 14 | 1:1,263,035 | 68,752 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 1:1,132,081 | 47,619 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Velma (85,764) may also be a first name.
Velma Demographics
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Velma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Velma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Velma (Arabic: ذيلما, Hindi: वेलमा, Marathi: वेलमा, Russian: Вельма) is found most frequently in India. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Velma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 148,857th most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,454,546 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 49 percent of Velma live; 46 percent live in South Asia and 46 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Velma is also the 11,661st most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 85,764 people.
The surname Velma is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 1,380 people, or 1 in 555,844. In India Velma is most numerous in: Telangana, where 97 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent live and Maharashtra, where 0 percent live. Outside of India it is found in 31 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 26 percent live and Ukraine, where 14 percent live.
Velma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Velma surname is predominantly Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Velma surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% being registered with the party.
The amount Velma earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 35.48% less than the national average, earning $27,838 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.14% less than the national average, earning $45,140 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Velma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Velma in the Marathi language | ||
| वेलमा | velama | - |
| Velma in the Hindi language | ||
| वेलमा | velama | 66.67 |
| वैलमा | vailama | 16.67 |
| वेल्मा | velma | 16.67 |
| Velma in the Russian language | ||
| Вельма | velma | - |
| Velma in the Arabic language | ||
| ذيلما | dhylma | - |
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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 Velma
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