Loomb Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Loomb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Loomb Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Loomb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Loomb is borne by more people in New Zealand than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Loomb.

How Common Is The Last Name Loomb? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Loomb live; 92 percent live in Australasia and 92 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most widely held in New Zealand, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 205,833. In New Zealand it is most common in: Auckland Region, where 36 percent reside, Bay of Plenty Region, where 36 percent reside and Waikato Region, where 27 percent reside. Besides New Zealand it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 4 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Loombs912/
Lomb89543/
Hlomb8037/
Loemb803/
Loumb801/
Lombz800/
Loembh734/
Lamb67132,645/
Lumb676,077/
Lomp671,019/
Lonb6732/
Lombowa674/
Lombova671/
Lomf671/
Lomv671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Loomb
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