Lom Surname

56,096th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,043 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Lom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia3,4801:4,450676
Senegal1,7671:8,251345
Mauritania9881:4,145495
United States4191:865,05765,721
Mexico3591:345,7557,326
Vietnam3181:291,3401,124
Papua New Guinea2741:29,7583,402
Cameroon2261:91,89911,008
Jordan1831:48,3194,927
Nigeria1691:1,048,18243,882
France1641:405,01759,459
Malaysia1471:200,64111,800
Czechia571:186,55227,470
India431:17,838,730274,051
Taiwan411:571,8234,251
Israel401:213,94120,390
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Australia381:710,41347,396
Turkey241:3,242,55989,463
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
England201:2,785,90397,972
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
South Sudan161:713,442947
Indonesia151:8,816,613340,855
Guam121:13,3432,098
Finland101:549,67032,186
Norway91:571,36544,190
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Croatia61:704,76744,411
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
China51:273,464,31313,838
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Laos41:1,647,081888
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland121:311,9359,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

The alternate forms: Lôm (8) are calculated separately.

Lom (13,401) may also be a first name.

Lom Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lom (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻮﻡ, Hindi: लोम, Marathi: लोम) is more frequently found in Cambodia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Lôm. For other potential spellings of Lom click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lom? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 56,096th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 805,877 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 48 percent of Lom live; 44 percent live in Southeast Asia and 38 percent live in Khmer-Asia. Lom is also the 50,213th most numerous given name on earth. It is borne by 13,401 people.

Lom is most common in Cambodia, where it is carried by 3,480 people, or 1 in 4,450. In Cambodia it is most frequent in: Siem Reap Province, where 23 percent reside, Battambang Province, where 23 percent reside and Banteay Meanchey Province, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Cambodia this surname is found in 71 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 20 percent reside and Mauritania, where 11 percent reside.

Lom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lom has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,993 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lom Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (92%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Lom surname are 11.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.7% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lom earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 16.48% less than the national average, earning 289,057 kr per year and in United States they earn 16.93% more than the national average, earning $50,453 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lôm898/
Loum8635,282/
Lome869,158/
Lhom86947/
Loem86409/
Lohm86280/
Loom86253/
Luom86174/
Liom86105/
Loim8697/
Lomm8671/
Hlom8632/
Lomg8624/
Lomd867/
Lomk865/
Loym864/
Lomt864/
Lyom862/
Llom862/
Lomn862/
Lomh861/
Lgom861/
Lojm861/
Lomq861/
Lomc861/
Loume751,442/
Lotem75599/
Lomme75585/
Lotim75468/
Losem75309/
Liome75219/
Loome75173/
Loime7539/
Hlome7532/
Losim7517/
Loemm7515/
Losme7512/
Lomne7510/
Lhome759/
D'Lom757/
Loyme757/
Lohme755/
Lohum755/
Lomdt753/
Luome753/
Loism753/
Lhoum752/
Hloom751/
Lloum751/
Llome751/
Lgoum751/
Lloom751/
Loehm751/
Lhlom751/
Loomg751/
Gliom751/
Lohym751/
Loumt751/
L'Hom751/
Lomth750/
Loomn750/
Lam671,158,921/
Lon6782,918/
Lum6744,872/
Lhomme677,966/
Lomova677,146/
Lochem67126/
Lomová6775/
Lottem6770/
Lám6763/
Lochim6749/
Lomowa6736/
Loucim6721/
Loitme6719/
Loosme6718/
Lâm6711/
Loñ6710/
Hloome679/
Lossim675/
Loteem675/
Hloume673/
L'Home673/
Lohsem672/
Lomgue672/
Lomgne671/
Lottim671/
Liomme671/
Lüm671/
Lossem671/
Lousim671/
Loitem671/
Lousme671/
Glihom671/
Loumme671/

Lom Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lom in the Hindi language
लोमloma-
Lom in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻟﻮﻡlwm98.04
ﻟﻢlm1.18
Lom in the Marathi language
लोमloma93.33
लॉमloma6.67

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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 Lom
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