Lauma Surname
Approximately 1,521 people bear this surname
Lauma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 611 | 1:86,647 | 8,788 |
| Indonesia | 582 | 1:227,232 | 21,130 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Philippines | 76 | 1:1,332,082 | 99,105 |
| India | 67 | 1:11,448,737 | 210,278 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Lauma (1,760) may also be a first name.
Lauma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lauma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lauma (Bengali: লাউমা, Hindi: लौमा) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lauma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 258,654th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,791,286 people. Lauma occurs mostly in Asia, where 48 percent of Lauma are found; 43 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 40 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 182,508th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 1,760 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 611 people, or 1 in 86,647. In Tanzania Lauma is most prevalent in: Lindi Region, where 34 percent live, Mtwara Region, where 31 percent live and Ruvuma Region, where 19 percent live. Beside Tanzania Lauma is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 38 percent live and Malawi, where 7 percent live.
Lauma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lauma has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lauma surname decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lauma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lauma in the Bengali language | ||
| লাউমা | la'uma | - |
| Lauma in the Hindi language | ||
| लौमा | lauma | - |
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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
- 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 Lauma
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