Shorm Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Shorm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shorm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Shorm (11) may also be a first name.

Shorm Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shorm (Hindi: शोरम, Russian: Шорм) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shorm? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shorm is the 5,391,485th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Shorm is predominantly found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Shorm reside; 62 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 62 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Shorm is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held given name internationally, borne by 11 people.

The last name Shorm is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Morobe, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea Shorm is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent reside and India, where 8 percent reside.

Shorm Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shorm has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shorm surname decreased 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shorme91726/
Schorm91435/
Shoorm911/
Shourm910/
Sorm89177/
Schoorm830/
Sharm8018,433/
Sorme80930/
Shurm8075/
Sherm8069/
Soorm8032/
Chorm8027/
Sourm808/
Soerm802/
Szorm802/
Suorm801/
Scherm731,912/
Sharme73549/
Scharm73299/
Schurm7395/
Chhorm7366/
Saharm739/
Shahrm738/
Schörm738/
Shurme737/
Shaarm733/
Sharmm733/
Schürm732/
Sourme732/
Shharm731/
Chorme731/
Sahrme731/
Sathrm731/
Shsarm731/
Shermh731/
Sharrm731/
Schormová7119/
Schormova712/
Šorm67362/
Sarm67187/
Surm6795/
Sormova6762/
Serm6759/
Sõrm6719/
Schermm6712/
Chhourm6711/
Scharmm676/
Śorm675/
Zorm674/
Shaharm673/
Shaurme671/
Sheerhm671/
Shceerm671/
Sheermh671/
Suthrrm671/
Shahrmh671/
Schaurm670/
Scheurm670/

Shorm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shorm in the Hindi language
शोरमsorama-
Shorm in the Russian language
Шормsorm-

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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 Shorm
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