Uma Forename
702nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,180,238 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nepal
Uma Forename Definition:
A Sanskrit name, meaning: Light.
Uma Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 92% | 1,045,675 | 1:1,162 | 89 |
| Nepal | 88% | 54,425 | 1:523 | 96 |
| Yemen | - | 26,447 | 1:994 | 178 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9,016 | 1:10,821 | 1,585 |
| Nigeria | 62% | 5,967 | 1:29,758 | 2,629 |
| United States | 100% | 4,988 | 1:72,682 | 3,603 |
| Russia | 94% | 4,190 | 1:34,423 | 805 |
| Thailand | 84% | 3,895 | 1:17,989 | 2,553 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 3,577 | 1:5,815 | 965 |
| Bangladesh | 96% | 3,116 | 1:51,175 | 4,369 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 2,471 | 1:12,323 | 1,350 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,215 | 1:13,911 | 1,954 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,209 | 1:116,778 | 12,769 |
| Pakistan | 98% | 1,098 | 1:177,011 | 6,284 |
| England | 94% | 1,090 | 1:51,012 | 2,400 |
| Angola | - | 1,080 | 1:24,969 | 1,864 |
| Oman | - | 1,000 | 1:4,109 | 567 |
| Uzbekistan | 83% | 776 | 1:39,673 | 1,795 |
| Qatar | 70% | 749 | 1:3,164 | 462 |
| Tajikistan | 73% | 724 | 1:11,568 | 1,116 |
| Mauritius | - | 578 | 1:2,245 | 413 |
| Canada | 100% | 535 | 1:61,932 | 3,795 |
| Spain | 100% | 534 | 1:87,135 | 2,693 |
| Kuwait | - | 351 | 1:10,784 | 1,311 |
| Papua New Guinea | 53% | 275 | 1:29,645 | 2,958 |
| Singapore | 100% | 252 | 1:24,949 | 4,261 |
| Kazakhstan | 84% | 242 | 1:73,334 | 2,551 |
| Uganda | 74% | 236 | 1:173,546 | 6,366 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 209 | 1:16,863 | 1,531 |
| Australia | - | 207 | 1:65,979 | 2,830 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Bahrain | - | 163 | 1:8,274 | 1,321 |
| Bhutan | 96% | 157 | 1:5,254 | 400 |
| New Zealand | - | 114 | 1:39,790 | 2,376 |
| South Africa | 98% | 107 | 1:509,651 | 24,220 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 93 | 1:26,438 | 1,484 |
| Guyana | 100% | 76 | 1:10,043 | 1,503 |
| Iraq | 100% | 53 | 1:660,714 | 6,510 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 50 | 1:338,042 | 9,978 |
| Germany | 96% | 44 | 1:2,197,224 | 12,262 |
| Brazil | - | 43 | 1:4,982,236 | 77,986 |
| Japan | - | 43 | 1:2,976,420 | 22,844 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 39 | 1:34,908 | 3,522 |
| Sweden | 89% | 37 | 1:266,430 | 8,432 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 37 | 1:193,297 | 12,866 |
| Serbia | 100% | 36 | 1:198,492 | 3,588 |
| France | 100% | 30 | 1:2,215,678 | 12,524 |
| Philippines | 60% | 30 | 1:3,533,649 | 67,483 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 56% | 25 | 1:238,931 | 10,643 |
| Norway | 100% | 25 | 1:205,293 | 5,123 |
| China | - | 24 | 1:56,918,991 | 62,623 |
| Switzerland | 90% | 23 | 1:357,109 | 6,546 |
| Hong Kong | - | 22 | 1:352,397 | 3,870 |
| Wales | 75% | 18 | 1:171,906 | 3,302 |
| Azerbaijan | 86% | 16 | 1:602,684 | 11,321 |
| Denmark | - | 16 | 1:353,094 | 6,331 |
| Belarus | 78% | 15 | 1:632,159 | 3,807 |
| Scotland | 81% | 15 | 1:356,691 | 5,068 |
| Ecuador | - | 14 | 1:1,266,208 | 8,855 |
| Ukraine | 69% | 14 | 1:3,249,993 | 6,792 |
| Afghanistan | 86% | 13 | 1:2,509,501 | 20,196 |
| Kosovo | - | 13 | 1:143,188 | 6,648 |
| Belgium | 100% | 12 | 1:957,503 | 11,814 |
| Argentina | - | 11 | 1:3,888,477 | 10,916 |
| Jamaica | - | 11 | 1:262,112 | 7,926 |
| Mexico | 100% | 10 | 1:12,414,443 | 34,902 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 9 | 1:625,286 | 7,004 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 9 | 1:2,641,076 | 57,947 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Finland | 94% | 7 | 1:783,312 | 7,794 |
| Italy | 97% | 7 | 1:8,723,156 | 29,138 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 7 | 1:82,994 | 4,768 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Guatemala | - | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Iceland | - | 4 | 1:91,504 | 3,703 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Palestine | 100% | 4 | 1:1,137,514 | 4,137 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Tanzania | - | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Venezuela | - | 3 | 1:10,067,298 | 111,314 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Ireland | - | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
Uma (46,463) may also be a surname.
Uma Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Sanskrit name, meaning: Light.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Uma Forename Popularity
Uma Demographics
Uma Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 918 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Uma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Uma in the Russian language | ||
| Ума | uma | - |
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