Alms
See also: ALMS, ALMs, and alms
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Alms, but it could also be a variant of Alm.
Proper noun
Alms (plural Almses)
- A surname, from German.
Statistics
- 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
- “Alms”, in Hanks, Patrick, editor, Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, 2003, →ISBN