St Omer Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

St Omer Surname Definition:

SAINT OMER: A well-known town in the Pas de Calais; also a village near Falaise in Normandy.

St Omer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:1,428,66862,556
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Ecuador241:662,74412,125
Saint Lucia181:9,9321,037
Panama111:355,6607,645
Trinidad and Tobago61:227,32910,175
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
France31:22,140,907385,998
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

St Omer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

SAINT OMER: A well-known town in the Pas de Calais; also a village near Falaise in Normandy.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

St omer: in Leland’s list St. Thomer. A branch of the house of the Barons of Bethune. Not in Domesday, but William castellan of St. Omer is mentioned in the reign of Henry I. The name is found now as Stomer.

— Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould
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St Omer Demographics

Average St Omer Salary in
United States

$49,958 USD

Per year
Rank:
405,869 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
5.27198E-6
Rank: 624,728 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
115.78%
Sample size: 9 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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St Omer Last Name Facts

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

The last name St Omer occurs most in England. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of St Omer.

How Common Is The Last Name St Omer? popularity and diffusion

The surname St Omer is the 1,491,356th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. The last name St Omer occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of St Omer reside; 28 percent reside in Northern Europe and 28 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 1,428,668. In England St Omer is most numerous in: Greater London, where 79 percent live, Kent, where 8 percent live and Derbyshire, where 3 percent live. Not including England it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and Ecuador, where 17 percent live.

St Omer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of St Omer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the St Omer surname increased 775 percent between 1880 and 2014.

St Omer Last Name Statistics demography

St Omer earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.78% more than the national average, earning $49,958 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
St-Omer867/
St Amer860/
St Homme802/
St Ame771/
St-Homere751/
St Amie714/
St-Homme679/
St Ammie671/
St Ama6220/
St-Ame625/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to St Omer
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