Nulma Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Nulma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nulma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Nulma (323) may also be a first name.

Nulma Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nulma Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Nulma is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nulma click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nulma? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Nulma are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 488,148th most widely held forename in the world, held by 323 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Western, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Nulma exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 17 percent are found and New Zealand, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nulmai911/
Ngoulma833/
Nucilma831/
Noulmai831/
Naulmai831/
Nulmi805/
Nolma802/
Ngoullma771/
Noelma7313/
Nolmaa731/
Noulmi731/
Naulmee674/
Nucelmo674/
Noulmee672/
Ngoulme672/
Noulmit671/
Nutelmey620/
Nolmi602/
Nolme602/
Noelmi553/
Nolmei551/

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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 Nulma
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