Peruma Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

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

Peruma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peruma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea691:118,17016,048
India181:42,614,743461,117
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Peruma (135) may also be a first name.

Peruma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peruma (Marathi: पेरुमा) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Peruma? popularity and diffusion

Peruma is the 1,658,108th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 58 percent of Peruma are found; 58 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 58 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Peruma is also the 797,647th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 135 people.

It is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 118,170. In Papua New Guinea Peruma is primarily concentrated in: Northern, where 86 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 9 percent live and West New Britain, where 4 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.

Peruma Last Name Statistics demography

Peruma earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.2% more than the national average, earning R 323,664 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perumai9234/
Perumah9224/
Perumat922/
Perumas921/
Perumad921/
Pperuma921/
Perumay921/
Petrusma86167/
Peirumaa8631/
Peerumma864/
Perumath862/
Perumass861/
Perumajj861/
Perumaya861/
Paruma83763/
Perima83106/
Peroma8384/
Poruma8312/
Perume833/
Piruma832/
Päruma831/
Porumau77729/
Peromaa7715/
Perimaa779/
Porumai776/
Perimai773/
Parumai772/
Parumah771/
Piruema771/
Perimah771/
Perimma771/
Perumyi771/
Parumma771/
Parumay771/
Parumaa771/
Perhomaa7145/
Hporumau7117/
Parima67927/
Perimo67329/
Porima67122/
Pirima6748/
Peromo6725/
Perome675/
Piroma674/
Parumo673/

Peruma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Peruma in the Marathi language
पेरुमाperuma66.67
पेरूमाperuma33.33

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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 Peruma
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