Homs Surname

46,641st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Homs Surname User-submission:

Homs is a city in Syria, but Homs is also a common Catalan surname that means 'elms'; it refers to the tree. There is a misspelling because the common word is om or oms, like the Spanish olmo or olmos, which is a common Castilian surname itself; but by contamination with the Catalan home, meaning 'man' an usual misspelling was generated by Castilian-speaking officers who didn't know catalan vocabulary.

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Homs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria4,5091:4,281493
Egypt2,1361:43,0414,344
Spain1,4291:32,7173,277
Saudi Arabia1,2721:24,2583,358
Lebanon3721:15,1532,052
France2851:233,06236,126
United States2251:1,610,929108,055
Argentina1871:228,57418,728
Netherlands1361:124,17019,427
Iraq1101:318,3796,214
Mexico921:1,349,19815,373
Jordan811:109,1667,344
Puerto Rico671:52,9871,167
Nicaragua391:154,3872,244
Palestine351:129,9677,777
Brazil311:6,905,624162,221
India131:59,005,029552,550
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
England91:6,190,895170,599
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Yemen81:3,303,16216,088
Honduras71:1,259,4925,127
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Homs (2,303) may also be a first name.

Homs Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Homs is a city in Syria, but Homs is also a common Catalan surname that means 'elms'; it refers to the tree. There is a misspelling because the common word is om or oms, like the Spanish olmo or olmos, which is a common Castilian surname itself; but by contamination with the Catalan home, meaning 'man' an usual misspelling was generated by Castilian-speaking officers who didn't know catalan vocabulary.

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Homs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Homs (Hindi: होम्स) is found most frequently in Syria. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Homs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 46,641st most commonly held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 655,709 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 58 percent of Homs live; 58 percent live in West Asia and 46 percent live in Levant. It is also the 155,260th most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 2,303 people.

This surname is most common in Syria, where it is carried by 4,509 people, or 1 in 4,281. In Syria Homs is mostly found in: Tartus Governorate, where 81 percent reside, Homs Governorate, where 19 percent reside and Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Other than Syria this last name occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 19 percent reside and Spain, where 13 percent reside.

Homs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Homs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Homs surname increased 1,250 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Homs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Druze (92%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Homs surname are 8.13% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.36% being registered with the political party.

The amount Homs earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 355.73% more than the national average, earning S/. 88,344 per year and in United States they earn 18.96% more than the national average, earning $51,329 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khoms89993/
Homse89100/
Choms8956/
Houms8914/
Homss8911/
Hooms898/
Homms895/
Hoims893/
Hoems891/
Oms862,079/
Chomse80241/
Khoums805/
Homsse802/
Khomsh801/
Ooms758,522/
Hams756,216/
Ohms751,706/
Hons751,704/
Hems751,241/
Goms75663/
Hums75366/
Ehms75313/
Joms7541/
Ahms7525/
Homz7518/
Öhms7517/
Omns7513/
Omse757/
Omst755/
Osms752/
Oems752/
Omsh752/
Omms751/
Ojms751/
Omsj751/
Uoms751/
D'Hooms7322/
Houmsse735/
Hochems730/
Chams672,856/
Honse671,209/
Hamse671,041/
Hamsh671,015/
Hoins67362/
Heems67333/
Oehms67298/
Hohns67275/
Houmz67239/
Khums67237/
Ahams67220/
Haems67184/
Hamsd67133/
Hamms67122/
Hemms67100/
Otems6776/
Jomås6768/
Homze6749/
Khams6739/
Hoyns6738/
Homce6730/
Houns6722/
Gomms6722/
Osems6716/
Hemsø679/
Gahms679/
Honsh678/
Chums677/
Khons677/
Hamss677/
Chons676/
Oomse676/
Goums676/
Goims676/
Gomsh675/
Hommz674/
Joyms673/
Gooms673/
Hamns673/
Omsjø672/
Honns672/
Gomss672/
Hamås672/
Haums672/
Omshe672/
Haams672/
Hamst671/
Oumse671/
Honss671/
Osims671/
Joums671/
Houchems671/
Hemsh671/
Ohmss670/
Gohms670/

Homs Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Homs in the Hindi language
होम्सhomsa-

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