Arma Surname
Approximately 11,464 people bear this surname
Arma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,389 | 1:74,149 | 5,315 |
| Niger | 2,113 | 1:9,083 | 699 |
| Philippines | 1,796 | 1:56,369 | 9,448 |
| Indonesia | 1,789 | 1:73,924 | 7,928 |
| India | 881 | 1:870,676 | 38,173 |
| Burkina Faso | 646 | 1:28,409 | 1,676 |
| Egypt | 427 | 1:215,306 | 15,336 |
| United States | 134 | 1:2,704,917 | 162,137 |
| Turkey | 117 | 1:665,140 | 34,634 |
| Argentina | 104 | 1:410,994 | 31,358 |
| Thailand | 103 | 1:685,809 | 114,410 |
| Liberia | 92 | 1:47,919 | 4,308 |
| Peru | 87 | 1:365,335 | 12,291 |
| France | 85 | 1:781,444 | 95,071 |
| Venezuela | 73 | 1:413,754 | 8,457 |
| Taiwan | 54 | 1:434,162 | 3,316 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Romania | 50 | 1:401,557 | 32,991 |
| Italy | 49 | 1:1,248,096 | 75,884 |
| Nicaragua | 48 | 1:125,439 | 2,055 |
| Israel | 35 | 1:244,504 | 22,492 |
| Switzerland | 31 | 1:264,933 | 21,684 |
| Russia | 29 | 1:4,969,761 | 222,297 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Iran | 24 | 1:3,199,272 | 94,565 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Spain | 21 | 1:2,226,287 | 55,801 |
| Cuba | 15 | 1:768,181 | 6,046 |
| Yemen | 14 | 1:1,887,521 | 12,953 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Afghanistan | 13 | 1:2,473,322 | 16,278 |
| Uruguay | 11 | 1:311,978 | 20,848 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Ärma (6) & Armă (1) are calculated separately.
Arma (18,337) may also be a first name.
Arma Demographics
Average Arma Salary in
United States
$49,706 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Arma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arma (Arabic: ارما, Hindi: अरमा, Oriya: ଆମର୍, Russian: Арма) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Ärma or Armă. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arma? popularity and diffusion
Arma is the 45,277th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 635,690 people. The surname Arma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Arma are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 25 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 40,283rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 18,337 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,389 people, or 1 in 74,149. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Jigawa, where 33 percent are found, Kano, where 25 percent are found and Bauchi, where 8 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 73 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 18 percent are found and The Philippines, where 16 percent are found.
Arma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Arma has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 3,350 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Arma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Arma are 24.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 77.78% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Arma earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,060 per year; in Colombia they earn 26.95% less than the national average, earning $16,585,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 15.2% more than the national average, earning $49,706 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arma in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆମର୍ | amar | 42.86 |
| ଏଡମା | edama | 14.29 |
| ଆମ | ama | 14.29 |
| ଅମର୍ | amar | 14.29 |
| ମାଡ଼ି | mari | 14.29 |
| Arma in the Hindi language | ||
| अरमा | arama | 41.51 |
| शर्मा | sarma | 35.2 |
| आरमा | arama | 15.76 |
| ार्मा | arma | 3.15 |
| अर्मा | arma | 2.1 |
| श्ार्मा | sarma | 0.7 |
| वर्मा | varma | 0.53 |
| आर्मा | arma | 0.53 |
| Arma in the Russian language | ||
| Арма | arma | - |
| Arma in the Arabic language | ||
| ارما | arma | - |
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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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- 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 Arma
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