Boma Surname
Approximately 16,311 people bear this surname
Boma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3,853 | 1:34,324 | 4,020 |
| DR Congo | 2,162 | 1:34,172 | 4,255 |
| Malawi | 2,117 | 1:8,086 | 1,225 |
| Tanzania | 1,963 | 1:26,970 | 3,259 |
| Nigeria | 1,914 | 1:92,551 | 6,407 |
| Papua New Guinea | 896 | 1:9,100 | 721 |
| Cameroon | 885 | 1:23,468 | 3,179 |
| Kenya | 366 | 1:126,175 | 10,454 |
| South Africa | 357 | 1:151,758 | 17,197 |
| Gabon | 354 | 1:5,337 | 981 |
| Zambia | 268 | 1:59,142 | 5,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 249 | 1:62,001 | 9,346 |
| United States | 186 | 1:1,948,704 | 125,871 |
| India | 152 | 1:5,046,483 | 126,094 |
| Niger | 103 | 1:186,330 | 6,455 |
| Uganda | 68 | 1:574,107 | 31,082 |
| Ivory Coast | 59 | 1:391,038 | 13,490 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| Benin | 47 | 1:219,906 | 20,230 |
| France | 45 | 1:1,476,060 | 142,161 |
| Liberia | 33 | 1:133,592 | 9,935 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Taiwan | 23 | 1:1,019,337 | 7,080 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Belarus | 13 | 1:730,851 | 59,297 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Boma (13,561) may also be a first name.
Boma Demographics
Average Boma Salary in
United States
$44,917 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Boma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boma (Arabic: بوما, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻤﻪ, Hindi: बोमा, Marathi: बोमा, Oriya: େବାମା, Russian: Бома, Tibetan: བོ་མ་) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 32,623rd most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 446,787 people. The last name Boma occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Boma are found; 28 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 28 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Boma is also the 49,813th most frequent given name world-wide, held by 13,561 people.
The surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 3,853 people, or 1 in 34,324. In Indonesia Boma is mostly found in: Papua, where 94 percent live, Jakarta, where 2 percent live and West Java, where 1 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this surname is found in 57 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Malawi, where 13 percent live.
Boma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Boma has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Boma last name grew 809 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Boma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Boma surname is primarily Christian (78%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Boma surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
The amount Boma earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.98% less than the national average, earning R 118,860 per year and in United States they earn 4.1% more than the national average, earning $44,917 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boma in the Tibetan language | ||
| བོ་མ་ | boma | - |
| Boma in the Hindi language | ||
| बोमा | boma | - |
| Boma in the Oriya language | ||
| େବାମା | ebama | - |
| Boma in the Marathi language | ||
| बोमा | boma | - |
| Boma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻤﻪ | bmh | 33.33 |
| ﺑﻢ | bm | 33.33 |
| ﺑﻮﻣﺎ | bwma | 33.33 |
| Boma in the Russian language | ||
| Бома | boma | - |
| Boma in the Arabic language | ||
| بوما | bwma | - |
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 Boma
- 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