Zom Surname

223,197th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,825 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Zom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon6741:30,8154,161
Nigeria4971:356,42419,191
Netherlands2331:72,47712,311
Malaysia851:346,99118,513
Bhutan761:8,106323
Congo561:89,0917,544
Turkey421:1,852,89166,380
Mauritania281:146,2458,155
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Taiwan161:1,465,2979,806
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
India131:59,005,029552,550
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
Benin91:1,148,40050,768
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
England31:18,572,686338,250
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guyana11:762,22114,420
France11:66,422,722504,397
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Zom (239) may also be a first name.

Zom Last Name Facts

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

The surname Zom (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻡ, Hindi: जोम, Tibetan: བཟངམོ།) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zom? popularity and diffusion

The last name Zom is the 223,197th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,993,176 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Zom reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 38 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 578,640th most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 239 people.

The surname Zom is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 674 people, or 1 in 30,815. In Cameroon Zom is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 56 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 24 percent reside and East Region, where 8 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Zom is found in 39 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 27 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 13 percent reside.

Zom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Zom has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 47 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Zom Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Zom surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Zom earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 39.5% less than the national average, earning R 143,772 per year and in United States they earn 27.5% less than the national average, earning $31,281 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zoom861,934/
Zohm861,028/
Zome86419/
Zoum86303/
Zsom86218/
Hzom86170/
Zoem8663/
Zomm8634/
Zoim8614/
Dzom8610/
Zhom869/
Ziom865/
Tzom864/
Zomh862/
Zcom861/
Rzom861/
Zjom861/
Zgom861/
Zuom861/
Dzhom75860/
Ziome75697/
Zosim75635/
Zosym75552/
Zoume7575/
Zohum7573/
Dzoum7570/
Hzoym7553/
Zomne7511/
Zosme759/
Hzoum754/
Hzoim754/
Zgoum754/
Szomm754/
Zhome753/
Zomme752/
Ziomk752/
Zosem752/
Zohme751/
Zohym751/
Zoumd751/
Zotem751/
Zzoum751/
Zotim751/
Zoumt751/
Szohm751/
Zoomc751/
Zciom751/
Zomdt750/
Som67140,522/
Com6733,511/
Zam6719,464/
Zon6713,306/
Jom671,325/
Çom671,114/
Zum67871/
Zám67455/
Xom67382/
Zoń6745/
Zomova6726/
Züm6722/
Zhuome671/
Zão671/
Zoumne671/
Zhomng671/
Zoimeh671/
Ziomck671/

Zom Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zom in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺯﻡzm-
Zom in the Hindi language
जोमjoma-
Zom in the Tibetan language
བཟངམོ།zangmo43.4
འཛོམས།dzom37.74
འཛོམས་dzom9.43
བཟངམོ་zangmo1.89
ཟམ་zam1.89
བཟོམས།zom1.89
རྗམ།jam1.89
བཟོམ་zom1.89

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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 Zom
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