Nom Surname

135,112th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,329 people bear this surname

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

Nom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia9091:17,0381,210
Papua New Guinea5311:15,3551,489
Turkey5181:150,23411,868
Nigeria3541:500,40324,988
Yemen3261:81,0595,373
Iraq2041:171,6754,240
Malaysia1361:216,86912,591
Cameroon1241:167,49217,964
India971:7,907,891167,329
Indonesia501:2,644,984153,918
Niger161:1,199,50125,520
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Lebanon81:704,63514,756
France61:11,070,454349,096
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Djibouti41:228,733966
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Nom (15,355) may also be a first name.

Nom Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nom (Arabic: نوم, Hindi: नोम, Marathi: नॉम, Russian: Ном, Tibetan: ནོམ་) is more commonly found in Cambodia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nom? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nom is the 135,112th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,189,110 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 66 percent of Nom live; 33 percent live in Southeast Asia and 27 percent live in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 45,648th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 15,355 people.

The last name Nom is most frequently used in Cambodia, where it is carried by 909 people, or 1 in 17,038. In Cambodia Nom is primarily found in: Siem Reap Province, where 19 percent reside, Banteay Meanchey Province, where 11 percent reside and Phnom Penh, where 10 percent reside. Barring Cambodia Nom occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent reside and Turkey, where 16 percent reside.

Nom Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Nom surname is chiefly Maronite (71%) in Lebanon.

Nom earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 0.55% more than the national average, earning $49,956 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngom86156,211/
Nome869,562/
Noym863,169/
Noom862,827/
Gnom86654/
Noem86638/
Noim86577/
Noum86459/
Nhom86332/
Nomm86210/
Nnom86116/
Nuom8633/
Nomt8632/
Nomh869/
Hnom867/
Nomd866/
Nosm864/
Nomn862/
Nomg861/
Nohm860/
Noume75992/
Nosim75787/
N'Gom75651/
Gnome75581/
Ngoum75491/
Noome75293/
Nomme75281/
Noime75247/
Nnome75159/
Ngoym7596/
Notim7556/
Nosem7549/
Ngnom7541/
Ngoom7535/
Ngoim7527/
Nhome7515/
Notem7513/
Nhoem759/
Hnomm756/
Noyme752/
N'Nom752/
Nomng752/
Notme752/
Noomn751/
Noijm751/
Nomhe751/
Noumn751/
Nohum751/
Noßem751/
Nhoum751/
Nnoom751/
Nnoum751/
Nohmd751/
Noumt751/
Nuomk751/
Nomnd750/
Nam67607,323/
Non6738,638/
Num679,546/
Nootim67117/
Noisem6797/
Noisim6790/
Nossem6781/
Noitem6755/
Noutim6740/
Nám6733/
Nomova6720/
Não6719/
Nohiem6716/
Nochem6713/
Noutem6711/
N'Goum678/
Nochim678/
Gnosim677/
Noscem675/
Noysem675/
Noseem674/
Nhomme674/
Noitim674/
Nomgne674/
Gnosme673/
Nnotim673/
Nootem672/
Nossim672/
Gnoume672/
Ngnome671/
Noumhe671/
Noumng671/
Năm671/
Notemg671/
N'Nnom671/
Nhoume671/
Nomque671/
Nomnqu671/
Noosim671/
Nuoiem671/
Noysim671/
Nhoime671/
Nomowa671/

Nom Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nom in the Tibetan language
ནོམ་nom-
Nom in the Marathi language
नॉमnoma-
Nom in the Hindi language
नोमnoma61.54
ंओमmoma23.08
ण्ओमnoma7.69
ञओमna'oma7.69
Nom in the Russian language
Номnom-
Nom in the Arabic language
نومnwm-

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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 Nom
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