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
Zom Political Affiliation
in United States
United States
Average
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།) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zom? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 223,197th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,993,176 people. The last name Zom occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Zom are found; 40 percent are found in Central Africa and 38 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 578,640th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 239 people.
The surname Zom is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 674 people, or 1 in 30,815. In Cameroon Zom is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 56 percent live, Littoral Region, where 24 percent live and East Region, where 8 percent live. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 27 percent live and The Netherlands, where 13 percent live.
Zom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Zom has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zom surname declined 47 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Zom Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Zom last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the 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 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Zom
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis