Tooms Surname

692,305th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 427 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Tooms Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tooms Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1331:418,93328,433
United States1171:3,097,940179,693
Netherlands541:312,72536,782
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Estonia121:110,15019,471
France111:6,038,429280,838
Isle of Man101:8,5821,778
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England731:333,90921,641
Isle of Man51:10,8541,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States731:687,92744,660

Tooms Last Name Facts

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

Tooms is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tooms? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 692,305th most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 17,066,852 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Tooms live; 38 percent live in Northern Europe and 35 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Tooms is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 418,933. In England Tooms is mostly concentrated in: Leicestershire, where 22 percent live, Kent, where 17 percent live and Nottinghamshire, where 14 percent live. Outside of England it exists in 17 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent live and The Netherlands, where 13 percent live.

Tooms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Tooms has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Tooms last name grew 182 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 160 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tooms Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Tooms are 35.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 82.76% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tooms earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.55% less than the national average, earning R 124,632 per year; in United States they earn 7.69% more than the national average, earning $46,467 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.45% more than the national average, earning $64,813 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toomse9115/
Thooms910/
Toms8918,745/
Thoms8013,978/
Tomse80185/
Toons80167/
Tomms8068/
Tohms8024/
Ttoms8018/
Toums804/
Toems801/
Tom's801/
Toims801/
Thomse73193/
Totems73120/
Tomshe7321/
Thomss7313/
Tomsch738/
Thomms734/
Thoums733/
Thoems733/
Toumse732/
Thomsp731/
Thomsh731/
Thoons730/
Tams673,490/
Tons671,502/
Tomsová67664/
Tomsche67264/
Tomz67111/
Tomsova6754/
Tums6717/
Thomsch6712/
Tomš677/
Toosens671/

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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
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  • 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 Tooms
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