Paluma Surname
Approximately 329 people bear this surname
Paluma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Brazil | 79 | 1:2,709,802 | 80,941 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Paluma (108) may also be a first name.
Paluma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paluma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Paluma is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paluma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 837,371st most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 22,150,595 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Paluma live; 64 percent live in Southern Africa and 64 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 904,892nd most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 108 people.
Paluma is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Beside Malawi Paluma occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 24 percent are found and The Philippines, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Paluma
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