Ooms Surname

59,233rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Ooms Surname Definition:

(Dutch) The son of the uncle.

Ooms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3,9261:2,928279
Netherlands3,5461:4,762485
United States6401:566,34246,539
Canada1321:279,13326,131
Australia881:306,76926,711
France341:1,953,609166,012
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
England111:5,065,278148,650
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
China21:683,660,78330,601
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Ooms Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch) The son of the uncle.

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

Ooms Last Name Facts

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

Ooms is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ooms? popularity and diffusion

It is the 59,233rd most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 855,145 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Ooms reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Ooms is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is borne by 3,926 people, or 1 in 2,928. In Belgium Ooms is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 5 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Belgium it occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 42 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Ooms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ooms has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ooms last name increased 4,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ooms Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ooms are 17.62% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.39% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ooms earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 18.49% more than the national average, earning R 281,568 per year; in United States they earn 14.61% more than the national average, earning $49,453 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.03% less than the national average, earning $49,172 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hooms898/
Oomse896/
Gooms893/
Oms862,079/
Homs7511,114/
Ohms751,706/
Goms75663/
Omns7513/
Oons759/
Omse757/
Omst755/
Oems752/
Osms752/
Omsh752/
Omms751/
Ojms751/
Omsj751/
Uoms751/
D'Hooms7322/
Homse67100/
Otems6776/
Gomms6722/
Osems6716/
Houms6714/
Homss6711/
Goims676/
Goums676/
Gomsh675/
Homms675/
Goons674/
Hoims673/
Omsjø672/
Gomss672/
Omshe672/
Oonse671/
Osims671/
Hoems671/
Oumse671/
Oomje671/
Gohms670/
Ohmss670/

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