Luama Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Luama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Luama (115) may also be a first name.
Luama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Luama is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Luama? popularity and diffusion
Luama is the 1,465,390th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. Luama is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Luama reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 90 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 873,022nd most frequent first name in the world, borne by 115 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 568,304. Beside The DR Congo it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luamai | 91 | 50 | / |
| Luamga | 91 | 1 | / |
| Luhamaa | 83 | 126 | / |
| Luammah | 83 | 2 | / |
| Luoma | 80 | 7,003 | / |
| Lwama | 80 | 137 | / |
| Luamo | 80 | 128 | / |
| Luami | 80 | 44 | / |
| Luame | 80 | 10 | / |
| Lbama | 80 | 1 | / |
| Louhamas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Luhamo | 73 | 1,518 | / |
| Luomaa | 73 | 26 | / |
| Luosma | 73 | 21 | / |
| Luatmo | 73 | 17 | / |
| Luhame | 73 | 9 | / |
| Luomas | 73 | 6 | / |
| Luatmi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Lwamau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luamet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luomai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luamer | 73 | 0 | / |
| Luhamer | 67 | 20 | / |
| Luhamäe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Luosmaa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lwamahe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Liuhamo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lwahama | 67 | 3 | / |
| Louhami | 67 | 2 | / |
| L'Bouma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luhomaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lwamaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luhamoh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Luama
- 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