Wolms Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Wolms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wolms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Wolms Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wolms is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wolms? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,323,005th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Wolms occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Wolms are found; 71 percent are found in North America and 71 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Wolms is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 14,498,357. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 36 percent live, Wisconsin, where 36 percent live and Nevada, where 16 percent live. Besides The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Wolms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wolms has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wolms surname expanded 132 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wolms Last Name Statistics demography

Wolms earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.63% less than the national average, earning $29,071 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woelms9137/
Woulms9134/
Woolms9121/
Wollms9119/
Wulms80523/
Bolms8043/
Walms802/
Wullms7358/
Wallms734/
Whelms733/
Wuillms671/
Balms602/

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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 Wolms
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