Alms
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Alms, but it could also be a variant of Alm.
Proper noun
editAlms (plural Almses)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Alms is the 35345th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 637 individuals. Alms is most common among White (96.39%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Alms”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 28.