Schloms Surname

709,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
South Africa

Schloms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schloms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2221:362,63734,736
South Africa1781:304,36929,195
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Schlöms (7) are calculated separately.

Schloms Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schloms occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Schlöms. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schloms? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 709,895th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 17,645,390 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Schloms reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Schloms is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 222 people, or 1 in 362,637. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 31 percent reside, Saxony, where 26 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside. Not including Germany it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 43 percent reside and Austria, where 2 percent reside.

Schloms Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Schloms earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 11.16% more than the national average, earning R 264,168 per year and in United States they earn 75.26% more than the national average, earning $75,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schlöms957/
Schlums86188/
Schlons865/
Sloms8329/
Szloms7717/
Shlamsh71210/
Schlonz713/
Schlemz711/
Silloms710/
Clums6723/
Clams6710/
Slums677/
Slems676/
Slams674/
Clons671/
Slons670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Schloms
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