Lomb Surname

578,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 543 people bear this surname

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

Lomb Surname Definition:

= Lamb, q.v.

... a lytille lamb with-outen wolle.— Sir John Maundeville, ch. xxvi.

Lomb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3191:252,36827,308
United States951:3,815,357209,650
Papua New Guinea751:108,71614,715
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Taiwan61:3,907,45823,065
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Lomb (15) may also be a first name.

Lomb Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Lamb, q.v.

... a lytille lamb with-outen wolle.— Sir John Maundeville, ch. xxvi.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Lomb Last Name Facts

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

Lomb is found most in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lomb? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 578,557th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 13,420,895 people. The last name Lomb is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Lomb are found; 59 percent are found in Western Europe and 59 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 319 people, or 1 in 252,368. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 60 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 9 percent reside and Bavaria, where 8 percent reside. Other than Germany Lomb exists in 23 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside.

Lomb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lomb has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lomb surname expanded 413 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lomb Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Lomb are 22.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 76% registered to vote for the political party.

Lomb earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.44% more than the national average, earning $50,674 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hlomb8937/
Loomb8924/
Loemb893/
Loumb891/
Lombz890/
Loembh804/
Loombs802/
Lamb75132,645/
Lumb756,077/
Lomp751,019/
Lemb75275/
Lonb7532/
Lomf751/
Lomv751/
Lombowa734/
Lombova731/
Lompe67237/
Lambs67212/
Lambh67192/
Laumb67183/
Lyamb6729/
Loump6725/
Luimb679/
Lammb678/
Lambz677/
Lambt677/
Hlemb673/
Laamb673/
Liamb672/
Lumbh672/
Lumbì671/
Lojmv671/
Lumbė671/
Llamb671/
Lambå671/
Lembh671/
Lionb671/
Loumf671/
Lomps670/
Lumbs670/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lomb
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