Oman Surname
Approximately 34,883 people bear this surname
Oman Surname Definition:
The first is the common form in Orkney. In Shetland the forms Omand and Omond ere more common, mostly confined to the island of Yell. The ON. form of the name was either Hamundr ('high gift') or Amund, Amundi being an old personal name among the Norsemen.
Read More About This SurnameOman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 16,259 | 1:6,000 | 955 |
| United States | 4,444 | 1:81,561 | 9,276 |
| Ghana | 2,355 | 1:11,474 | 1,518 |
| Sudan | 2,240 | 1:16,746 | 2,298 |
| Indonesia | 2,227 | 1:59,384 | 6,536 |
| Philippines | 1,255 | 1:80,668 | 13,957 |
| Slovenia | 993 | 1:2,505 | 295 |
| Canada | 494 | 1:74,586 | 8,430 |
| India | 417 | 1:1,839,485 | 64,900 |
| Somalia | 392 | 1:34,316 | 1,714 |
| Kenya | 365 | 1:126,520 | 10,465 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Iran | 343 | 1:223,856 | 17,507 |
| Australia | 337 | 1:80,106 | 9,319 |
| England | 314 | 1:177,446 | 16,095 |
| United Arab Emirates | 245 | 1:37,397 | 3,942 |
| Austria | 228 | 1:37,348 | 6,035 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Scotland | 143 | 1:37,439 | 3,597 |
| Afghanistan | 137 | 1:234,695 | 4,106 |
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| Poland | 120 | 1:316,740 | 36,993 |
| Ireland | 86 | 1:54,755 | 3,820 |
| Pakistan | 72 | 1:2,481,165 | 21,781 |
| Iraq | 68 | 1:515,024 | 8,412 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59 | 1:138,199 | 19,012 |
| Malaysia | 51 | 1:578,318 | 28,229 |
| South Sudan | 49 | 1:232,961 | 594 |
| Croatia | 42 | 1:100,681 | 16,054 |
| Hungary | 37 | 1:265,305 | 20,779 |
| Thailand | 37 | 1:1,909,144 | 231,790 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Turkey | 27 | 1:2,882,275 | 84,327 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Ukraine | 15 | 1:3,034,846 | 176,305 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Yemen | 12 | 1:2,202,108 | 13,606 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 14 | 1:316,419 | 12,423 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 235 | 1:15,929 | 1,736 |
| England | 124 | 1:196,576 | 15,750 |
The alternate forms: Öman (2,250), Omañ (1) & Óman (1) are calculated separately.
Oman (57,232) may also be a first name.
Oman Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The first is the common form in Orkney. In Shetland the forms Omand and Omond ere more common, mostly confined to the island of Yell. The ON. form of the name was either Hamundr ('high gift') or Amund, Amundi being an old personal name among the Norsemen. In Orkney records we have Edduard Homondsone of Onston (1546), Edward Omand or Omandson (1576), and in 1605 Rychert Ewmendsone (REO., p. 138,178,211, 233). Robert Omond was resident in Kirkwall, 1647 (Inquis., 3237). Thome Omond or Omound appears in Kirkbuster, 1530, and Richard Eumound in Cloustoun, 1602 (OSR., I, p. 256,272).
A Scottish surname, prob. represents (with dropped -d, as in Scot, roun’ for round, pun’ for p(o)und; etc.) the Scandinavian Omund, Aamund(e, (1) Old Norse Amundi, Amund-r [from Old Norse. ái, great-grandfather + mund, hand, protector] (2) Old Norse Agmund-r (Œgmund-r) [from agi (œg-), awe, terror + mund] Rygh, in his work on ancient pers. names in Norwegian place-names (‘Gamle Personnavne i Norske Stedsnavne’, 1901), notes, sub nomine Amundi, a stead-name Ommund- rud; and Biörkmann, ‘Nordische Per- sonennamen in England’ (1910), remarks, sub nomine Amund, that the name is not always definitely to be separated from Hamund.
Oman Demographics
Average Male Oman Height
177.91 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Oman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oman (Arabic: العماني, Georgian: ომან, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻣﺎﻥ, Hindi: ओमन, Marathi: ओमन, Oriya: ଓମାନ, Tibetan: ཨོ་མན་) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may occur as: Öman, Omañ or Óman. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oman? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 15,986th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 208,914 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Oman reside; 49 percent reside in East Africa and 47 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 16,475th most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 57,232 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 16,259 people, or 1 in 6,000. Not including Ethiopia this last name is found in 84 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Ghana, where 7 percent are found.
Oman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Oman has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Oman surname expanded 253 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 39 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 614 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Oman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (86%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Oman surname are 7.5% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.27% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Oman earn in different countries varies marginally. In Italy they earn 4.47% more than the national average, earning €31,371 per year; in United States they earn 4.69% more than the national average, earning $45,174 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.43% more than the national average, earning $50,889 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oman in the Georgian language | ||
| ომან | oman | - |
| Oman in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻣﺎﻥ | aman | - |
| Oman in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨོ་མན་ | omen | - |
| Oman in the Marathi language | ||
| ओमन | omana | 84.19 |
| ओमान | omana | 10.69 |
| ओमण | omana | 2.86 |
| ऑमान | omana | 0.6 |
| ओमना | omana | 0.45 |
| मण | mana | 0.45 |
| ऑमन | omana | 0.15 |
| मान | mana | 0.15 |
| Oman in the Hindi language | ||
| ओमन | omana | 78.09 |
| ओमान | omana | 7.42 |
| ओमं | omam | 6.71 |
| ओमां | omam | 6.36 |
| औमां | aumam | 0.35 |
| ऊमन | umana | 0.35 |
| उमन | umana | 0.35 |
| ओमण | omana | 0.35 |
| Oman in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓମାନ | omana | 36.36 |
| ଓମନ | omana | 27.27 |
| ଓମଂ | omam | 22.73 |
| ଅମନ | amana | 9.09 |
| ଓମାନ୍ | oman | 4.55 |
| Oman in the Arabic language | ||
| العماني | almany | - |
| عمان | man | - |
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