Delma Surname

43,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,988 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Delma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Delma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso9,6591:1,900271
Bhutan8581:71893
Haiti5421:19,7121,662
Algeria2421:159,63520,450
United States2151:1,685,856112,021
Philippines951:1,065,66688,850
Papua New Guinea631:129,42417,695
Argentina551:777,15351,982
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
India331:23,244,406321,547
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
Iran231:3,338,37197,100
Ivory Coast211:1,098,63025,989
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Indonesia151:8,816,613340,855
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
France111:6,038,429280,838
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Solomon Islands41:145,00719,402
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England31:18,572,686338,250
China31:455,773,85521,925
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Delma (69,435) may also be a first name.

Delma Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Delma Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Delma (Georgian: დელმა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻟﻤﺎ, Hindi: देल्मा, Russian: Дельма, Tibetan: སྒྲོལ་མ།) occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Delma? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 43,402nd most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 607,903 people. The last name Delma occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Delma are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Mande Africa. Delma is also the 13,964th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 69,435 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 9,659 people, or 1 in 1,900. In Burkina Faso it is primarily found in: Centre-Est Region, where 76 percent are found, Est Region, where 15 percent are found and Centre Region, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Burkina Faso this last name exists in 44 countries. It is also found in Bhutan, where 7 percent are found and Haiti, where 5 percent are found.

Delma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Delma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Delma last name expanded 2,389 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Delma Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Delma surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Delma last name are 23.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 76.67% being registered to vote for the party.

Delma earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.11% more than the national average, earning $48,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Delmas9123,737/
Dielma91386/
Delmau91268/
Delmay91121/
Delmat9196/
Delmai9118/
Delmah9115/
Delmaz916/
Doelma912/
Dellma912/
Deslma911/
Deelma911/
Delmea911/
Delmha911/
Duelma911/
Delmma911/
Dlma899/
Delmast8322/
Delmeau8318/
Delmaya835/
Dellmay832/
Deglima831/
Delmais831/
Dhelmay831/
Delmaia831/
Diehlma831/
Delmays830/
Delmo806,914/
Delmi803,011/
Dilma80307/
Delme80209/
Delmé8046/
Delmy8027/
Dllma802/
Dlmau801/
Dlema801/
Dylma801/
Dhelmaay772/
Delmaggi771/
Dilmaç736,320/
Delmer731,110/
Delmee73562/
Delmez73346/
Delmée73211/
Dilmas73130/
Delmot73126/
Delmes73118/
Delmet73104/
Delmis7342/
Dielmo7337/
Dellmo7321/
Delmos7318/
Delmou7316/
Delmoy7310/
Delmie7310/
Delmiz739/
Dilmaz739/
Delmei738/
Delmey738/
Dielme733/
Dilmai733/
Delmàs732/
Duelme732/
Duilma732/
Dillma732/
Dilmau731/
Delmyh731/
Dilmah731/
D'Elmo731/
Dilmay731/
Daelmo731/
Dilmat731/
Delmit731/
Deelmo731/
Dilmma731/
Delmeer6744/
Delmott6724/
Delmich6719/
Deglime6710/
Dilmach678/
Dellmer678/
Dilmaya674/
Dlmi672/
Dlmo671/
Delmech671/
Deelmer671/
Delmoss671/
Delmois670/
Dillmas670/
Deslmes670/
Delmitt670/

Delma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Delma in the Georgian language
დელმაdelma-
Delma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﻟﻤﺎdlma-
Delma in the Tibetan language
སྒྲོལ་མ།drolma96.46
སྒྲོལ་མ་drolma3.28
སྒྲལ་མ།dralma0.25
Delma in the Hindi language
देल्माdelma50
डेल्माdelma50
Delma in the Russian language
Дельмаdelma-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Delma
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