Last Name NELMS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Atten elms, i.e. at the elms. The name is Latinized into De Ulmo in the Hundred REolls.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	4,978 (2000 US census)	4,242 (1990 US census)

Count	6,477 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

77.67%, or 5031 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
18.57%, or 1203 total occurrences, as black,
0.31%, or 20 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.4%, or 26 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.25%, or 81 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.79%, or 116 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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