Nelms

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Nelms (plural Nelmses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nelms is the 4833^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7303 individuals. Nelms is most common among White (74.45%) and Black/African American (20.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nelms”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 658.