Wiom Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

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

Wiom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea481:169,86923,574
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wiom (73) may also be a first name.

Wiom Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wiom is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiom? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,776,799th most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Wiom live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequent forename internationally It is held by 73 people.

The last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 169,869. In Papua New Guinea Wiom is primarily concentrated in: Chimbu, where 85 percent reside and National Capital District, where 15 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiome8964/
Waihom801/
Wogiom800/
Wijome800/
Wion752,256/
Wiam75760/
Wyom7578/
Biom7546/
Viom752/
Weom751/
Wiame671,128/
Waion67380/
Wione6721/
Weyom6717/
Wayom6711/
Whion6710/
Wijon6710/
Wionn679/
Bijom675/
Wiaam674/
Wajom674/
Wijam673/
Vaiom672/
Whyom671/
Wuyom671/
Whiam671/
Weion671/
Wuiam671/
Woyom671/
Biohm671/
Wihon671/
Wionh671/
Wiham671/
Viome670/
Wiond670/
Wyome670/
Wiont670/

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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 Wiom
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