Om Surname

2,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200,643 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Korea
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Om Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Om Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Korea147,0801:34843
India38,2531:20,0521,553
Cambodia4,6181:3,354588
Bhutan3,8421:16031
Egypt2,6241:35,0363,683
United States6421:564,57846,424
Morocco4091:84,29414,399
Malaysia3991:73,9205,319
United Arab Emirates3791:24,1752,727
Russia3171:454,64742,823
Indonesia2741:482,66139,735
Kuwait2221:17,1202,252
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Oman1541:23,9482,132
France1441:461,26965,815
Singapore901:61,1972,397
Bahrain881:15,3253,085
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Nigeria591:3,002,42093,371
Mexico541:2,298,63320,081
Afghanistan501:643,0647,334
Papua New Guinea471:173,48324,058
Spain441:1,062,54638,570
Uzbekistan441:702,93514,831
Thailand391:1,811,240225,763
Canada371:995,82774,831
Taiwan331:710,4475,096
Australia321:843,61652,533
Iran321:2,399,45479,639
England281:1,989,93178,001
Ukraine251:1,820,908133,658
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Argentina151:2,849,561122,961
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
Belarus101:950,10668,851
North Korea91:2,790,78379
China81:170,915,1968,932
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Colombia61:7,962,34523,614
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
Nepal51:5,696,19113,053
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Gabon41:472,2983,618
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Malta41:107,5681,849
Myanmar41:12,984,4961,309
Paraguay41:1,809,18612,346
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Kyrgyzstan31:1,990,88579,765
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Transnistria21:237,35016,204
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Om (1,125,877) may also be a first name.

Om Last Name Facts

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

The surname Om (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻡ, Hindi: ओम, Marathi: ओम, Oriya: ଓମ, Russian: Ом, Tibetan: དབངམོ།) occurs more in South Korea more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Om? popularity and diffusion

The surname Om is the 2,784th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 36,321 people. Om is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Om reside; 73 percent reside in East Asia and 73 percent reside in Koreanic Asia. It is also the 747th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 1,125,877 people.

This last name is most widespread in South Korea, where it is borne by 147,080 people, or 1 in 348. In South Korea Om is most frequent in: Gyeonggi Province, where 26 percent reside, Seoul, where 19 percent reside and Busan, where 8 percent reside. Apart from South Korea it exists in 106 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent reside and Cambodia, where 2 percent reside.

Om Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (62%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Om surname are 1.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.91% registered with the party.

The amount Om earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.68% more than the national average, earning $46,896 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.89% less than the national average, earning $48,247 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hom8016,098/
Ome8012,165/
Oum807,197/
Ohm806,510/
Gom802,818/
Oom801,729/
Oem80199/
Osm80167/
Otm80156/
Oim80124/
Uom8057/
Omh8040/
Omm8029/
Omø8021/
Omd8020/
Omt8019/
Omn8010/
Ojm8010/
Oym809/
Omq808/
Omg807/
Șom801/
Otim6760,853/
Home6721,833/
Osim677,603/
Gomm673,048/
Oume672,781/
Oehm672,153/
Hohm671,955/
Hoem671,558/
Osem671,364/
Homm671,117/
Houm67903/
Goum67535/
Ocim67487/
Goom67285/
Oome67267/
Otem67210/
Hoim67203/
Oime67178/
Goim67167/
Osme67151/
Omme67148/
Hoom67131/
Ohum6780/
Othm6769/
Gomh6755/
Uomh6752/
Homh6752/
Omne6748/
Osym6746/
Homt6721/
Omhe6721/
Homg6714/
Homn6712/
Omnø679/
Hoym677/
Uome677/
Oyme676/
Oumh676/
Otme676/
Huom675/
Hojm675/
Ocem674/
Homk674/
Șoim674/
Hotm673/
Oumm673/
Oysm673/
Ousm673/
Homc673/
Oitm673/
Omhs672/
Uohm672/
Hoëm672/
Omøe672/
Hosm672/
Omng672/
Omck672/
Uomg672/
Uomk672/
Oymh672/
Omkh672/
Omkk672/
Omnt672/
Oomm672/
Oumd672/
Oimn672/
Oohm671/
Ohym671/
Oimm671/
Hgom671/
Omth671/
Omhd671/
Eoum671/
Ojme671/
Uotm671/
Ojmh671/
Oumt671/
Oujm671/
Oosm671/
Oomc671/
Oomg671/
Oomh671/
Omhz671/
Ommd671/
Omnh671/
Omgh671/
Omcq671/
Omzs671/
Omqc671/
Omqk671/
Omqq671/
Omtt671/
Oymk671/
Oymm671/
Oyhm671/
Ohmd671/
Ohmh671/
Oejm671/
Oemh671/
Oemm671/
Uomt671/
Uoym671/
Goym670/

Om Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Om in the Marathi language
ओमoma99.91
ओंom0.09
Om in the Hindi language
ओमoma98.48
डाda0.01
ओम्om0.01
ओंom0
ऊंum0
ऊँum0
Om in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻡam78.88
ﺃﻡam21.12
Om in the Tibetan language
དབངམོ།wangmo73.25
ཨོམ་om15.14
དབངམོ་wangmo5.12
དབང་མོ།wangmo3.6
ཨོམ།om1.8
དབངམ་wangam0.22
དབངམ།wangam0.22
དབངམོwangmo0.14
དབང་མོwangmo0.07
དབངམོ།།wangmo0.07
ཨོཾ་om0.07
དདབང་མོ།dadbangmo0.07
དབང་མོ་།wangmo0.07
དབང་མོ་wangmo0.07
དབངམོོ།wangmo0.07
Om in the Oriya language
ଓମoma63.03
ଓମ୍om30.54
ଓଁom4.66
ଓଂom0.05
Om in the Russian language
Омom-

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