Dewom Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Dewom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dewom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea491:166,40223,077
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Dewom Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dewom Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dewom is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Dewom click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dewom? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,746,821st most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Dewom reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

It is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 166,402. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Western, where 76 percent are found, Madang, where 16 percent are found and Morobe, where 8 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deewomg831/
Debom80862/
Dewon8080/
Dewam8073/
Dawom8028/
Dowom805/
Devom801/
Deboom73418/
Deebom73411/
Dewame73112/
Dewgam7384/
Deawon7336/
Dawoom7320/
Dewamm7319/
Dewoon7319/
Doewam7314/
Dewone737/
Diewon735/
Dewhon732/
Dewoun732/
Dewuon731/
Deewon731/
Dowoom731/
Dewume731/
Dewoin731/
Devoum731/
Deboum731/
Devome731/
Diwomg731/
Devgom731/
Dewham730/
Dewasme67317/
Deewong67294/
Dewamme6759/
Dewonck6757/
Dheebom671/
Deeboom671/
Deahwon671/
Deawong671/
Dewoyne671/
Dewoung671/
Deawoun671/
Dechwon671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dewom
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