Womes Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Womes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Womes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany521:1,548,18292,602
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Womes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Womes is most common in Germany. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Womes.

How Common Is The Last Name Womes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,661,929th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Womes reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Womes is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 1,548,182. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 40 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 31 percent reside and Bavaria, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Womes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Womes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Womes last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whomes91143/
Wommes910/
Woomes910/
Womesse834/
Woemess830/
Whommes830/
Bomes80325/
Wames80169/
Wemes80134/
Vomes802/
Womez801/
Wammes731,456/
Wamese73502/
Bommes73427/
Weemes73314/
Wasmes73137/
Wahmes7389/
Boomes7328/
Wumesh7311/
Vomesh736/
Bomesh735/
Womise734/
Vgomes731/
Boumes731/
Waemes731/
Wommis730/
Bohmes730/
Watmes730/
Bomess730/
Vosmes730/
Whames730/
Wehmes730/
Voomets6736/
Wamesse6725/
Weemees678/
Boomesh675/
Wemmeus674/
Boumeis673/
Wammess673/
Vomesse671/
Wameshe671/
Wheemes671/
Womisse671/
Wemeyss670/

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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 Womes
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