Tom is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tom
No. of characters: 3
Origin: China
Meaning: Worn in Brittany, seems to be a hypocoristic Thomas. I see no other solution anyway.

How popular is Tom?

Tom is common in China.

Tom is ranked 1666 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Tom bearers increased by 7.487797 per cent in 2010 US census to 10350 since 2000, the surname slipped by 47 spots and ranked at 3452. The last name was found in around 35 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 52.53 55.64
White 19.02 18.76
American Indian and Alaska Native 16.63 16.32
Others 6.91 5.55
Hispanic or Latino 3.33 2.21
Black 1.57 1.53
Tom is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Papua New Guinea is ahead in terms of density. Around 325432 people have been found who wears Tom as their family name. Tom is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
44,793 Kyrgyzstan10
18,072 Azerbaijan9
8,258 Armenia8
1,377 South Korea6
2,987 Maldives5
929 Northern Mariana Islands5
2,370 Iraq5
2,084 Afghanistan5
734 Myanmar4
1,750 Rwanda4
4,997 Bangladesh4
1,295 Yemen4
2,966 Benin4
4,096 Dominican Republic3
3,008 Ethiopia3
7,458 Bulgaria3
65 Nauru3
1,549 Suriname3
138 Solomon Islands3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
7,619 Ecuador3
949 Belize3
5,817 Albania2
5,217 Zambia2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
405 British Virgin Islands2
37,372 Georgia2
626 Kiribati2
2,085 Nepal2
19,093 Finland2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
5,859 Mauritius2
255 Micronesia2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
900 Laos2
1,400 Mongolia2
537 Liechtenstein1
2,374 Bermuda1
971 Seychelles1
1,572 Macau1
2,190 Barbados1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
6,967 Macedonia1
2,309 Monaco1
5,924 Paraguay1
2,333 Montenegro1
2,935 Madagascar1
4,942 Libya1
3,993 El Salvador1
2,877 Cuba1
444 Faroe Islands1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
353 Cook Islands1
3,350 Fiji1
1,970 Grenada1
14,618 Guyana1
613 Central African Republic1
1,818 Guernsey1
97 Tuvalu1
4,435 Togo1
11,831 Tajikistan1
2,078 Lesotho1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,449 Senegal36
1,135 Iceland35
2,223 Japan35
587 Guam32
228 American Samoa30
17,174 Moldova27
4,169 Cyprus26
1,056 The Bahamas21
587 Marshall Islands21
3,830 Luxembourg20
3,494 Costa Rica18
886 United States Virgin Islands18
20,800 Serbia15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
383 French Polynesia99
2,423 Jamaica89
14,725 Peru85
30,113 Kazakhstan81
22,900 Czech Republic70
7,779 Uruguay61
9,807 Denmark59
5,963 Latvia58
16,052 Sweden58
Countries with hundreds of Tom:
1,152 United Arab Emirates917
10,423 Iran819
3,803 Australia798
7,056 Mexico759
14,169 Italy750
7,786 Argentina687
949 Honduras666
152 Thailand592
9,880 Ukraine578
542 Hong Kong546
4,939 Netherlands545
9,028 Tanzania535
3,190 Belgium527
2,410 Hungary524
722 Kuwait505
5,042 Romania459
907 Lithuania451
863 Botswana407
9,264 Uzbekistan378
4,864 Greece369
3,340 Austria341
14,898 Morocco336
1,086 Namibia326
89 Vanuatu294
1,752 Ireland289
3,523 Jordan277
2,392 Lebanon251
2,051 Oman248
3,873 Guatemala246
1,496 Panama245
1,797 Singapore225
4,981 Israel224
1,091 Qatar224
4,519 Slovakia218
46,379 Indonesia203
3,650 Norway197
6,292 Switzerland189
1,055 Trinidad and Tobago189
4,204 New Zealand182
18,144 Spain171
2,337 Wales169
6,898 Tunisia165
5,341 Croatia155
1,324 Nicaragua147
4,108 Scotland144
8,098 Colombia140
11,430 Belarus132
7,635 Chile126
1,279 Bahrain122
2,199 Estonia107
Countries with thousands of Tom:
27 Papua New Guinea9,215
1,919 Brazil7,854
9,457 India5,179
589 Vietnam4,968
1,412 South Africa4,730
1,916 Germany4,236
1,464 Kenya3,923
252 Zimbabwe3,800
631 Cambodia3,518
435 Portugal2,826
2,297 Poland2,435
6,496 Philippines2,191
3,886 France2,057
3,657 Egypt2,043
2,445 Canada2,027
972 Angola2,001
3,840 England1,963
2,127 Cameroon1,685
1,763 Malaysia1,594
2,485 Saudi Arabia1,424
14,364 Russia1,216
2,627 Ghana1,198
5,948 Algeria1,160
450 Taiwan1,101
7,513 Turkey1,083
5,442 Pakistan1,006
Countries with ten thousands of Tom:
929 Nigeria27,969
2,508 United States16,034
492 Uganda12,323
395 Sudan11,340
Countries with hundred thousands of Tom:
290 China161,990
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Alexr. Tom was 50 years old when he migrated to New-York-State during Irish famine on October 26, 1848. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as farmer and took Governor Hinckley from Glasgow.

Comments

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Iva Mccullah
Tom is a masculine first name is a derivative precision thomas: abbrevation of Anglo-Saxon name thomas is a masculine origin of the name is Hebrew his feast is celebrated on January 28/31 / July 3/16 August / 7/22 September / etymology comes from thomas: twin.

Tom Namesakes

  • Raimondo Tommaso D'Aronco, Architect
  • Abhay S. Tomar, Actor
  • Tini Tom, Film actor
  • Aby Tom Cyriac, Music composer
  • Roger Tomlinson, Geographer
  • Addi Tomlinson, Film director
  • Patricia Addie Tomei, Teacher
  • Chris Tomlin, Musical Artist
  • Adrian Tomine, Comic strip creator
  • Aedan Tomney, Film actor
  • Wassim el Tom portrayed critical role of Farid in 2018 drama film Are You Glad I'm Here.

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