How rare is the last name Nelms?

6,913 people in the United States have the last name Nelms, about 1 in 43,237. It ranks #4,939 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

NELMS

#4,939

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,913
About
1 in 43,237
This common or more
58.4%
Who bears it

Of the 6,913 people with the last name Nelms, 70.8% reported their origin as White, 20.3% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Nelms

#4,937 Oropeza · 6,915#4,938 Lundgren · 6,914#4,940 Michels · 6,912#4,941 Beiler · 6,911

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nelms, most common first.

#30,578 Neloms · 817#95,069 Nelums · 206#108,023 Nelmes · 175#116,774 Nelams · 158

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