Noma Surname
Approximately 49,768 people bear this surname
Noma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 18,318 | 1:6,979 | 1,047 |
| Niger | 14,981 | 1:1,281 | 169 |
| Nigeria | 10,307 | 1:17,187 | 1,635 |
| Benin | 1,615 | 1:6,400 | 873 |
| Papua New Guinea | 758 | 1:10,757 | 946 |
| Philippines | 653 | 1:155,036 | 25,716 |
| Cameroon | 553 | 1:37,557 | 5,024 |
| Ivory Coast | 547 | 1:42,178 | 2,716 |
| United Arab Emirates | 326 | 1:28,105 | 3,116 |
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Israel | 208 | 1:41,142 | 5,611 |
| United States | 183 | 1:1,980,650 | 127,499 |
| South Africa | 114 | 1:475,243 | 39,351 |
| Brazil | 113 | 1:1,894,463 | 60,739 |
| India | 98 | 1:7,827,198 | 166,253 |
| Indonesia | 88 | 1:1,502,832 | 101,066 |
| Thailand | 67 | 1:1,054,304 | 158,943 |
| Senegal | 47 | 1:310,199 | 1,687 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Burkina Faso | 29 | 1:632,831 | 7,862 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Solomon Islands | 5 | 1:116,006 | 19,381 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
The alternate forms: Ñoma (1) are calculated separately.
Noma (22,193) may also be a first name.
Noma Demographics
Average Noma Salary in
United States
$37,152 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Noma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Noma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Noma (Arabic: نوما, Bengali: নম, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻮﻣﻪ, Hindi: नोमा, Marathi: नोमा, Oriya: େନାମା, Russian: Нома) occurs most in Japan. It may occur as: Ñoma. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Noma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Noma is the 11,286th most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 146,430 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Noma reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 37 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 34,966th most frequent first name on earth, held by 22,193 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 18,318 people, or 1 in 6,979. In Japan Noma is primarily found in: Osaka Prefecture, where 15 percent are found, Ehime Prefecture, where 11 percent are found and Kagoshima Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Besides Japan this surname is found in 72 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 30 percent are found and Nigeria, where 21 percent are found.
Noma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Muslim (66%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Noma are 11.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 65.22% registered with the party.
The amount Noma earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.07% less than the national average, earning R 109,140 per year; in United States they earn 13.9% less than the national average, earning $37,152 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.75% more than the national average, earning $56,019 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Noma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Noma in the Bengali language | ||
| নম | nama | - |
| Noma in the Oriya language | ||
| େନାମା | enama | - |
| Noma in the Marathi language | ||
| नोमा | noma | 96.09 |
| ङोमा | noma | 2.34 |
| नॉमा | noma | 0.78 |
| नोमा़ | noma | 0.78 |
| Noma in the Hindi language | ||
| नोमा | noma | 92.5 |
| नौमा | nauma | 5 |
| नोम | noma | 2.5 |
| Noma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﻮﻣﻪ | alnwmh | 33.33 |
| ﻧﻮﻣﻪ | nwmh | 33.33 |
| ﻧﻮﻣﺎ | nwma | 33.33 |
| Noma in the Russian language | ||
| Нома | noma | - |
| Noma in the Arabic language | ||
| نوما | nwma | - |
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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 Noma
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