Ooms Surname
Approximately 8,522 people bear this surname
Ooms Surname Definition:
(Dutch) The son of the uncle.
Ooms Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 3,926 | 1:2,928 | 279 |
| Netherlands | 3,546 | 1:4,762 | 485 |
| United States | 640 | 1:566,342 | 46,539 |
| Canada | 132 | 1:279,133 | 26,131 |
| Australia | 88 | 1:306,769 | 26,711 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Germany | 27 | 1:2,981,684 | 140,707 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Ooms Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Dutch) The son of the uncle.
Ooms Demographics
Ooms Political Affiliation
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hooms | 89 | 8 | / |
| Oomse | 89 | 6 | / |
| Gooms | 89 | 3 | / |
| Oms | 86 | 2,079 | / |
| Homs | 75 | 11,114 | / |
| Ohms | 75 | 1,706 | / |
| Goms | 75 | 663 | / |
| Omns | 75 | 13 | / |
| Oons | 75 | 9 | / |
| Omse | 75 | 7 | / |
| Omst | 75 | 5 | / |
| Oems | 75 | 2 | / |
| Osms | 75 | 2 | / |
| Omsh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Omms | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ojms | 75 | 1 | / |
| Omsj | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uoms | 75 | 1 | / |
| D'Hooms | 73 | 22 | / |
| Homse | 67 | 100 | / |
| Otems | 67 | 76 | / |
| Gomms | 67 | 22 | / |
| Osems | 67 | 16 | / |
| Houms | 67 | 14 | / |
| Homss | 67 | 11 | / |
| Goims | 67 | 6 | / |
| Goums | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gomsh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Homms | 67 | 5 | / |
| Goons | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hoims | 67 | 3 | / |
| Omsjø | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gomss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omshe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oonse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osims | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoems | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oumse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oomje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gohms | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ohmss | 67 | 0 | / |
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