Shoms Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Shoms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shoms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

Shoms (11) may also be a first name.

Shoms Last Name Facts

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

Shoms (Hindi: शोम्स, Russian: Шомс) occurs most in India. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shoms? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Shoms live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.

This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India Shoms is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 50 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 50 percent are found. Aside from India this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Shoms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shoms has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schoms912/
Soms891,057/
Shomshe8322/
Shams80263,050/
Shums80947/
Shems80352/
Sahms8095/
Shons8091/
Choms8056/
Somse8013/
Som's806/
Somst805/
Sohms803/
Soems803/
Somms802/
Hzoms801/
Somsp801/
Somns800/
Sooms800/
Schoemsj771/
Shomsova771/
Schons734,292/
Shamsh73596/
Schams73489/
Shamss73338/
Chomse73241/
Shamse73108/
Shamst7379/
Shahms7318/
Shemms7312/
Schems7311/
Schums739/
Shaams739/
Shamms738/
Siehms738/
Shonsh735/
Sahams735/
Shonse734/
Jshams731/
Shumsz731/
Sahmse731/
Ssooms731/
Shumse731/
Shamsz731/
Somsse731/
Shouns730/
Shumms730/
Sams6728,053/
Sons678,558/
Sums67399/
Sems67244/
Shamshd6719/
Shamshe6713/
Scheems6711/
Soumsse6711/
Zoms677/
Schohns677/
Shamsse675/
Ssosmsp675/
Somsova673/
Shahmsh672/
Somz672/
Xoms671/
Shonshe671/
Schonss671/
Shahmst671/
Shomnje671/
Shumshe671/
Sheemsh671/
Schoons670/
Schemss670/

Shoms Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shoms in the Hindi language
शोम्सsomsa-
Shoms in the Russian language
Шомсsoms-

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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
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  • 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 Shoms
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