Homs Surname
Approximately 11,114 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameHoms Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 4,509 | 1:4,281 | 493 |
| Egypt | 2,136 | 1:43,041 | 4,344 |
| Spain | 1,429 | 1:32,717 | 3,277 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,272 | 1:24,258 | 3,358 |
| Lebanon | 372 | 1:15,153 | 2,052 |
| France | 285 | 1:233,062 | 36,126 |
| United States | 225 | 1:1,610,929 | 108,055 |
| Argentina | 187 | 1:228,574 | 18,728 |
| Netherlands | 136 | 1:124,170 | 19,427 |
| Iraq | 110 | 1:318,379 | 6,214 |
| Mexico | 92 | 1:1,349,198 | 15,373 |
| Jordan | 81 | 1:109,166 | 7,344 |
| Puerto Rico | 67 | 1:52,987 | 1,167 |
| Nicaragua | 39 | 1:154,387 | 2,244 |
| Palestine | 35 | 1:129,967 | 7,777 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khoms | 89 | 993 | / |
| Homse | 89 | 100 | / |
| Choms | 89 | 56 | / |
| Houms | 89 | 14 | / |
| Homss | 89 | 11 | / |
| Hooms | 89 | 8 | / |
| Homms | 89 | 5 | / |
| Hoims | 89 | 3 | / |
| Hoems | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oms | 86 | 2,079 | / |
| Chomse | 80 | 241 | / |
| Khoums | 80 | 5 | / |
| Homsse | 80 | 2 | / |
| Khomsh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ooms | 75 | 8,522 | / |
| Hams | 75 | 6,216 | / |
| Ohms | 75 | 1,706 | / |
| Hons | 75 | 1,704 | / |
| Hems | 75 | 1,241 | / |
| Goms | 75 | 663 | / |
| Hums | 75 | 366 | / |
| Ehms | 75 | 313 | / |
| Joms | 75 | 41 | / |
| Ahms | 75 | 25 | / |
| Homz | 75 | 18 | / |
| Öhms | 75 | 17 | / |
| Omns | 75 | 13 | / |
| Omse | 75 | 7 | / |
| Omst | 75 | 5 | / |
| Osms | 75 | 2 | / |
| Oems | 75 | 2 | / |
| Omsh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Omms | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ojms | 75 | 1 | / |
| Omsj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uoms | 75 | 1 | / |
| D'Hooms | 73 | 22 | / |
| Houmsse | 73 | 5 | / |
| Hochems | 73 | 0 | / |
| Chams | 67 | 2,856 | / |
| Honse | 67 | 1,209 | / |
| Hamse | 67 | 1,041 | / |
| Hamsh | 67 | 1,015 | / |
| Hoins | 67 | 362 | / |
| Heems | 67 | 333 | / |
| Oehms | 67 | 298 | / |
| Hohns | 67 | 275 | / |
| Houmz | 67 | 239 | / |
| Khums | 67 | 237 | / |
| Ahams | 67 | 220 | / |
| Haems | 67 | 184 | / |
| Hamsd | 67 | 133 | / |
| Hamms | 67 | 122 | / |
| Hemms | 67 | 100 | / |
| Otems | 67 | 76 | / |
| Jomås | 67 | 68 | / |
| Homze | 67 | 49 | / |
| Khams | 67 | 39 | / |
| Hoyns | 67 | 38 | / |
| Homce | 67 | 30 | / |
| Houns | 67 | 22 | / |
| Gomms | 67 | 22 | / |
| Osems | 67 | 16 | / |
| Hemsø | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gahms | 67 | 9 | / |
| Honsh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Chums | 67 | 7 | / |
| Khons | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hamss | 67 | 7 | / |
| Chons | 67 | 6 | / |
| Oomse | 67 | 6 | / |
| Goums | 67 | 6 | / |
| Goims | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gomsh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hommz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Joyms | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gooms | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hamns | 67 | 3 | / |
| Omsjø | 67 | 2 | / |
| Honns | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gomss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hamås | 67 | 2 | / |
| Haums | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omshe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Haams | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hamst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oumse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Honss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osims | 67 | 1 | / |
| Joums | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houchems | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hemsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohmss | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gohms | 67 | 0 | / |
Homs Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Homs in the Hindi language | ||
| होम्स | homsa | - |
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