Zelms Surname

1,348,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Hungary

Zelms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zelms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1451:2,499,717152,655
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Zelms Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zelms is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zelms? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zelms is the 1,348,199th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Zelms live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 2,499,717. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Illinois, where 28 percent reside, Ohio, where 26 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 5 percent reside and Hungary, where 5 percent reside.

Zelms Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Zelms surname are 19.27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.04% registered to vote for the political party.

Zelms earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.07% less than the national average, earning $40,532 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zlms891/
Celms80404/
Gelms8075/
Selms8024/
Zilms801/
Zelmz801/
Jelms801/
Tselms7353/
Chelms7315/
Hjelms734/
Shelms730/
Hjelmås67100/
Hjelmsø6758/
Xlms671/
Clems60118/
Slems606/
Silms602/
Gilms600/
Clem's551/
Clemms550/
Hjälmås5011/
Hjelmze503/

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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 Zelms
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