Komi

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Finnish: Komi Republic

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Komi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Togo than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 805K(measured from records)
  • TGTogo≈1 in 212
  • GHGhana≈1 in 91K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Togo (inferred from the name graph)

≈41,000 people, est.

Sources
105 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 212 (inferred from the name graph)

Togo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Kömi in FI Finland.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Rōmaji transcription of こみ

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Komi is read(measured from records)

Komi is one spelling over 6 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Finnish43%

    Komi Republic

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • French29%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Komi in French.

  • English24%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Komi in English.

  • Japanese8.9%

    Rōmaji transcription of こみ

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Hindi7.1%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Komi in Hindi.

  • Swahili6.6%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Komi in Swahili.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Komi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Komi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TG Togo#124≈41,000 est.≈1 in 21240Komi20
NG Nigeria—≈820 est.≈1 in 263K—Komi15
US United States—4131 in 805K393Komi105
ID Indonesia—≈350 est.≈1 in 754Klisted——
GH Ghana—≈320 est.≈1 in 91K—Komi14
BE Belgium—≈87 est.≈1 in 134K3Komi10
FI Finland—≈10 est.≈1 in 556K759Kömi24

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Journal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Komi is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Japanese given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, Togo, United States, Nigeria

    Also written Kömi, Kōmi

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Kömi

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Togo, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Kömi, Komî

  • Hindi given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Togo

    Also written Kömi

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Komi is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In mnv, to clasp firmly; to hold, as in the mouth; to close, as sides of a Tridacna; to insert in a small opening

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Hungarian, Komi (of or relating to a Finno-Ugric ethnic group or their language)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In non, third-person singular/plural present active subjunctive of koma

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In poz-oce-pro, suckerfish, remora: Echineis naucrates; hold on by biting’

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1960198020002020Komi Klassou, b. 1960Kōmi Hirose, b. 1966Komi Kushima, b. 2002

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Komi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—759#2,409
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—299—
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20083#121,300
TG TogoJournal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024)20243#10
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Komi mean?
In Finnish, Komi Republic
Where does the name Komi come from?
Rōmaji transcription of こみ Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Komi a male or female name?
Komi is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Komi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 41 thousand people named Komi in Togo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled komi.
How common is the name Komi?
In the United States, the national register counted 413 people named Komi in 2020, about 1 in 805 thousand residents.
How common is Komi compared with other names?
In Togo, Komi is the 124th most common given name of 1,075 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Komi” — the 124th most common given name in Togo. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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