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
Noma Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Noma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Noma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Noma (Arabic: نوما, Bengali: নম, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﻮﻣﻪ, Hindi: नोमा, Marathi: नोमा, Oriya: େନାମା, Russian: Нома) is found most in Japan. It may occur as a variant: Ñoma. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Noma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 11,286th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 146,430 people. The last name Noma is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Noma live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Noma is also the 34,966th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 22,193 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Japan, where it is held by 18,318 people, or 1 in 6,979. In Japan Noma is most common in: Osaka Prefecture, where 15 percent are found, Ehime Prefecture, where 11 percent are found and Kagoshima Prefecture, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Japan Noma exists in 72 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 30 percent are found and Nigeria, where 21 percent are found.
Noma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Noma last name is predominantly Muslim (66%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Noma last name are 11.99% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 65.22% being registered to vote for 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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- 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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