Homo Surname
Approximately 12,153 people bear this surname
Homo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 8,652 | 1:3,151 | 752 |
| Philippines | 1,328 | 1:76,234 | 13,183 |
| France | 976 | 1:68,056 | 9,419 |
| South Africa | 229 | 1:236,584 | 24,342 |
| Indonesia | 222 | 1:595,717 | 47,390 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| Papua New Guinea | 81 | 1:100,663 | 13,542 |
| Cameroon | 69 | 1:301,001 | 28,076 |
| Congo | 55 | 1:90,711 | 7,856 |
| Ivory Coast | 52 | 1:443,678 | 14,663 |
| Zimbabwe | 39 | 1:395,852 | 35,770 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| Mexico | 23 | 1:5,396,792 | 30,197 |
| Chile | 21 | 1:838,880 | 17,964 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| Lesotho | 12 | 1:169,380 | 13,459 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Homó (110) are calculated separately.
Homo (644) may also be a first name.
Homo Demographics
Average Homo Salary in
United States
$45,719 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Homo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Homo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Homo (Arabic: حومو, Hindi: होमो, Tibetan: ཧོ་མོ་) is most common in Mozambique. It may be found as a variant: Homó. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Homo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 42,830th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 599,650 people. The last name Homo is primarily found in Africa, where 77 percent of Homo are found; 74 percent are found in Southern Africa and 71 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Homo is also the 327,600th most numerous first name internationally, held by 644 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Mozambique, where it is borne by 8,652 people, or 1 in 3,151. Other than Mozambique it exists in 56 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 11 percent are found and France, where 8 percent are found.
Homo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Homo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Homo Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Homo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15.81% more than the national average, earning 400,795 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 58.27% less than the national average, earning R 99,156 per year and in United States they earn 5.96% more than the national average, earning $45,719 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Homo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Homo in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཧོ་མོ་ | homo | - |
| Homo in the Hindi language | ||
| होमो | homo | - |
| Homo in the Arabic language | ||
| حومو | hwmw | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Homo
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