Ohm Surname

75,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,510 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ohm Surname Definition:

(German) The uncle.

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Ohm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,9681:27,1243,589
United States2,5051:144,69414,960
Norway1571:32,7534,576
Canada1491:247,28623,510
Netherlands1441:117,27218,528
Denmark861:65,6366,586
India751:10,227,538196,136
Mexico731:1,700,35917,324
Thailand541:1,308,118185,513
Sweden531:185,78812,836
England481:1,160,79354,689
Austria281:304,12334,120
South Korea211:2,440,012510
Singapore211:262,27211,611
France201:3,321,136213,627
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Cambodia41:3,871,7869,580
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Bhutan31:205,3461,091
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
China21:683,660,78330,601
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3141:159,93214,628

The alternate forms: Ôhm (1) are calculated separately.

Ohm (491) may also be a first name.

Ohm Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The uncle.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Ohm is a surname commonly mentioned in physics, because of it being the unit of resistance. They were invented as a measurement unit by German physicist Georg Ohm (or George Ohm in 100 % English). Georg Ohm helped so much in advancing and 'changing' physics.

- aristo

Ohm Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ohm (Hindi: ओह्म, Tibetan: དབངམོ།) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Ôhm. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohm? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 75,396th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,119,439 people. Ohm is predominantly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Ohm live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 383,498th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 491 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 2,968 people, or 1 in 27,124. In Germany Ohm is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 31 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 21 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 19 percent reside. Besides Germany Ohm occurs in 58 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent reside and Norway, where 2 percent reside.

Ohm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ohm has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ohm surname rose 798 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 686 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ohm Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ohm are 16.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.47% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ohm earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 35.41% more than the national average, earning 468,638 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.57% more than the national average, earning $45,553 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.15% less than the national average, earning $46,627 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ôhm891/
Hohm861,955/
Ohum8680/
Othm8669/
Uohm862/
Oohm861/
Ohym861/
Ohmh861/
Ohmd861/
Oyhm861/
Om80200,643/
Hohum75363/
Hohme7534/
Hohmt754/
Oyhmt751/
Ouhmd751/
Hothm751/
Ham67183,375/
Hom6716,098/
Ome6712,165/
Ahm678,671/
Oum677,197/
Gom672,818/
Oom671,729/
Osm67167/
Otm67156/
Oim67124/
Hám6797/
Uom6757/
Omh6740/
Omm6729/
Omø6721/
Omd6720/
Omt6719/
Ojm6710/
Oym679/
Șom671/
Hõm671/

Ohm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ohm in the Tibetan language
དབངམོ།wangmo75
དབངམོwangmo25
Ohm in the Hindi language
ओह्मohma50
ओहमohama50

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