Luma Surname
Approximately 16,881 people bear this surname
Luma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 5,103 | 1:2,094 | 313 |
| India | 1,821 | 1:421,233 | 22,077 |
| Kosovo | 1,688 | 1:1,103 | 159 |
| DR Congo | 1,553 | 1:47,572 | 5,769 |
| Cameroon | 1,310 | 1:15,854 | 2,157 |
| Philippines | 1,055 | 1:95,960 | 16,713 |
| Indonesia | 925 | 1:142,972 | 14,124 |
| United States | 583 | 1:621,713 | 50,239 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Tanzania | 298 | 1:177,656 | 15,509 |
| Papua New Guinea | 249 | 1:32,746 | 3,822 |
| South Africa | 247 | 1:219,343 | 23,014 |
| Poland | 198 | 1:191,963 | 25,943 |
| Nigeria | 176 | 1:1,006,493 | 42,496 |
| Uganda | 169 | 1:231,002 | 17,681 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Zambia | 137 | 1:115,693 | 8,909 |
| Taiwan | 80 | 1:293,059 | 2,393 |
| Germany | 79 | 1:1,019,056 | 69,716 |
| Brazil | 64 | 1:3,344,911 | 95,290 |
| Solomon Islands | 63 | 1:9,207 | 1,553 |
| Kenya | 59 | 1:782,710 | 31,540 |
| Thailand | 58 | 1:1,217,902 | 177,118 |
| Malaysia | 53 | 1:556,495 | 27,316 |
| Liberia | 48 | 1:91,844 | 7,477 |
| Albania | 40 | 1:72,851 | 8,167 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| North Macedonia | 24 | 1:87,561 | 8,003 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Turkey | 21 | 1:3,705,782 | 95,296 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Saint Lucia | 12 | 1:14,898 | 1,270 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Serbia | 8 | 1:893,118 | 28,088 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Luma (18,062) may also be a first name.
Luma Demographics
Average Luma Salary in
United States
$42,198 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Luma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Luma (Arabic: لُما, Hindi: लूमा, Marathi: लुमा, Oriya: ଲୁମା, Russian: Лума, Tibetan: ལུ་མ་) is found most in Haiti. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Luma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 31,621st most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 431,701 people. Luma is mostly found in The Americas, where 35 percent of Luma live; 31 percent live in Caribbean and 30 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. Luma is also the 40,730th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 18,062 people.
The surname Luma is most frequently used in Haiti, where it is held by 5,103 people, or 1 in 2,094. In Haiti it is mostly found in: Sud, where 38 percent are found, Ouest, where 27 percent are found and Artibonite, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Haiti Luma exists in 72 countries. It is also common in India, where 11 percent are found and Kosovo, where 10 percent are found.
Luma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Luma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Luma surname grew 2,535 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Luma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Luma surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Luma surname are 4.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.14% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Luma earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.58% more than the national average, earning 379,241 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 61.52% less than the national average, earning R 91,452 per year; in Colombia they earn 63.93% more than the national average, earning $37,216,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.2% less than the national average, earning $42,198 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.29% less than the national average, earning $27,184 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Luma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Luma in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲୁମା | luma | - |
| Luma in the Marathi language | ||
| लुमा | luma | 90.46 |
| लूमा | luma | 9.54 |
| Luma in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལུ་མ་ | luma | 75 |
| སླུ་མ། | luma | 25 |
| Luma in the Hindi language | ||
| लूमा | luma | 66.96 |
| लुमा | luma | 29.46 |
| लुम | luma | 1.79 |
| लुुमा | luuma | 0.89 |
| Luma in the Russian language | ||
| Лума | luma | - |
| Luma in the Arabic language | ||
| لُما | luma | - |
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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 Luma
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