Ulm surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Ulm surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,582 people carried this name — #16,665 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 169,500 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 148 people named Ulm.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Bas-Rhin 74
Meurthe-et-Moselle 16
Haut-Rhin 12
Paris 6
Vosges 5
Dordogne 5
Saône-et-Loire 5
Calvados 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

45 people named Ulm live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 14
Vaud 13
Basel-Landschaft 5
Basel-Stadt 4
Aargau 3
Bern 3
Thurgau 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Ulm is.
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