Lome Surname
Approximately 9,158 people bear this surname
Lome Surname Definition:
(from a place name) From Lomi, a town in Lithuania.
Lome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,864 | 1:25,245 | 3,162 |
| Senegal | 1,295 | 1:11,258 | 398 |
| Papua New Guinea | 808 | 1:10,091 | 842 |
| Egypt | 702 | 1:130,963 | 10,408 |
| Mexico | 534 | 1:232,446 | 5,905 |
| DR Congo | 451 | 1:163,813 | 16,894 |
| United States | 178 | 1:2,036,286 | 130,241 |
| Cameroon | 176 | 1:118,006 | 13,533 |
| Indonesia | 153 | 1:864,374 | 65,003 |
| Peru | 129 | 1:246,389 | 10,235 |
| Thailand | 127 | 1:556,207 | 95,235 |
| Australia | 92 | 1:293,432 | 25,879 |
| Mauritania | 83 | 1:49,336 | 3,645 |
| Ivory Coast | 75 | 1:307,616 | 11,461 |
| Norway | 64 | 1:80,348 | 11,180 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Marshall Islands | 28 | 1:1,851 | 445 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Solomon Islands | 23 | 1:25,219 | 4,941 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 49 | 1:1,024,871 | 60,160 |
The alternate forms: Lomé (15), Lôme (2) & Lòme (1) are calculated separately.
Lome (3,681) may also be a first name.
Lome Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(from a place name) From Lomi, a town in Lithuania.
Lome Demographics
Lome Political Affiliation
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Lome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lome Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lome (Arabic: ومى, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻮﻡ, Hindi: लोमे, Marathi: लोमे, Russian: Ломе) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can also occur as: Lomé, Lôme or Lòme. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lome.
How Common Is The Last Name Lome? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lome is the 55,455th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 795,757 people. The last name Lome occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Lome are found; 42 percent are found in East Africa and 42 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 116,284th most widely held forename in the world, held by 3,681 people.
The surname is most common in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,864 people, or 1 in 25,245. Outside of Ethiopia Lome occurs in 63 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 14 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside.
Lome Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lome has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lome surname grew 363 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lome Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Lome surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
The amount Lome earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.31% more than the national average, earning 378,305 kr per year; in Peru they earn 43.23% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,005 per year; in United States they earn 3.77% more than the national average, earning $44,777 USD per year and in Canada they earn 54.09% more than the national average, earning $76,555 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lome Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lome in the Hindi language | ||
| लोमे | lome | - |
| Lome in the Marathi language | ||
| लोमे | lome | - |
| Lome in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻮﻡ | lwm | 95.45 |
| ﻟﻢ | lm | 4.55 |
| Lome in the Russian language | ||
| Ломе | lome | - |
| Lome in the Arabic language | ||
| ومى | wmy | - |
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