Nunama Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

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

Nunama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nunama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Nunama (54) may also be a first name.

Nunama Last Name Facts

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

Nunama (Oriya: ନୁନମା) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nunama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,432,070th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. Nunama is mostly found in Oceania, where 91 percent of Nunama are found; 91 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 91 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Nunama is also the 1,350,955th most common first name in the world, held by 54 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Gulf, where 97 percent reside and Central, where 3 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea Nunama exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nunhama9217/
Nusnama924/
Ngunama924/
Nunamma922/
Nounama921/
Nunnama921/
Nhunama921/
Nuenama921/
Nhunhama86134/
Ngungama8610/
Nnungama861/
Ninama831,320/
Nunami83647/
Nonama8360/
Nunamo8310/
Nunoma838/
Ngoungama802/
N'Gounama801/
Nunahamad801/
Nounamo77263/
Nungamo7736/
Nouname779/
Ninamai779/
Nounema775/
Nunemma774/
Nutnami774/
Nunamee772/
Ninamma772/
Nuenamo772/
Ninamah771/
Ninamaj771/
Nuneuma771/
Nunamoi771/
Nunnema771/
Nonamah770/
Nounamou7128/
Nounameu7122/
Ninamaai7120/
Nhonhama717/
Nunotmai715/
Nounouma712/
Ninamaij711/
Nounemma711/
Nunome673,122/
Nonami671,667/
Noname67687/
Ninamo6799/
Nonoma6734/
Nonamo6712/
Nunomi6710/
Nougnouma677/
Ngounouma672/
Ninoma672/
Ninema671/
Nunemo671/
Gnounouma671/

Nunama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nunama in the Oriya language
ନୁନମାnunama66.67
ନୁନାମାnunama33.33

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nunama
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