Zom Surname
Approximately 1,825 people bear this surname
Zom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 674 | 1:30,815 | 4,161 |
| Nigeria | 497 | 1:356,424 | 19,191 |
| Netherlands | 233 | 1:72,477 | 12,311 |
| Malaysia | 85 | 1:346,991 | 18,513 |
| Bhutan | 76 | 1:8,106 | 323 |
| Congo | 56 | 1:89,091 | 7,544 |
| Turkey | 42 | 1:1,852,891 | 66,380 |
| Mauritania | 28 | 1:146,245 | 8,155 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Taiwan | 16 | 1:1,465,297 | 9,806 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
Zom (239) may also be a first name.
Zom Demographics
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoom | 86 | 1,934 | / |
| Zohm | 86 | 1,028 | / |
| Zome | 86 | 419 | / |
| Zoum | 86 | 303 | / |
| Zsom | 86 | 218 | / |
| Hzom | 86 | 170 | / |
| Zoem | 86 | 63 | / |
| Zomm | 86 | 34 | / |
| Zoim | 86 | 14 | / |
| Dzom | 86 | 10 | / |
| Zhom | 86 | 9 | / |
| Ziom | 86 | 5 | / |
| Tzom | 86 | 4 | / |
| Zomh | 86 | 2 | / |
| Zcom | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rzom | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zjom | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zgom | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zuom | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dzhom | 75 | 860 | / |
| Ziome | 75 | 697 | / |
| Zosim | 75 | 635 | / |
| Zosym | 75 | 552 | / |
| Zoume | 75 | 75 | / |
| Zohum | 75 | 73 | / |
| Dzoum | 75 | 70 | / |
| Hzoym | 75 | 53 | / |
| Zomne | 75 | 11 | / |
| Zosme | 75 | 9 | / |
| Hzoum | 75 | 4 | / |
| Hzoim | 75 | 4 | / |
| Zgoum | 75 | 4 | / |
| Szomm | 75 | 4 | / |
| Zhome | 75 | 3 | / |
| Zomme | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ziomk | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zosem | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zohme | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zohym | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zoumd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zotem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zzoum | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zotim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zoumt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Szohm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zoomc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zciom | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zomdt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Som | 67 | 140,522 | / |
| Com | 67 | 33,511 | / |
| Zam | 67 | 19,464 | / |
| Zon | 67 | 13,306 | / |
| Jom | 67 | 1,325 | / |
| Çom | 67 | 1,114 | / |
| Zum | 67 | 871 | / |
| Zám | 67 | 455 | / |
| Xom | 67 | 382 | / |
| Zoń | 67 | 45 | / |
| Zomova | 67 | 26 | / |
| Züm | 67 | 22 | / |
| Zhuome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zão | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoumne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zhomng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoimeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ziomck | 67 | 1 | / |
Zom Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zom in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻡ | zm | - |
| Zom in the Hindi language | ||
| जोम | joma | - |
| Zom in the Tibetan language | ||
| བཟངམོ། | zangmo | 43.4 |
| འཛོམས། | dzom | 37.74 |
| འཛོམས་ | dzom | 9.43 |
| བཟངམོ་ | zangmo | 1.89 |
| ཟམ་ | zam | 1.89 |
| བཟོམས། | zom | 1.89 |
| རྗམ། | jam | 1.89 |
| བཟོམ་ | zom | 1.89 |
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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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- 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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