Phumla Surname

657,184th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 458 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Phumla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phumla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand4411:160,17825,612
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Phumla (24,241) may also be a first name.

Phumla Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phumla (Tibetan: ཕུམ་ལ།) is found most in Thailand. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Phumla click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phumla? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 657,184th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,911,672 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Phumla live; 96 percent live in Southeast Asia and 96 percent live in Tai-Asia. Phumla is also the 32,775th most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 24,241 people.

This surname is most widely held in Thailand, where it is held by 441 people, or 1 in 160,178. In Thailand Phumla is most frequent in: Sisaket Province, where 36 percent are found, Sukhothai Province, where 14 percent are found and Nakhon Pathom Province, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Thailand Phumla exists in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and Lesotho, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pumla9116/
Phimla831,006/
Phumli83639/
Phomla8315/
Pumlai833/
Pumlla831/
Phunla831/
Phumlo831/
Pumlas831/
Pumlha831/
Pumlay831/
Phumly830/
Phunlap771,329/
Phimlai77136/
Pumilla7777/
Phunlai7711/
Phomlai777/
Phumley773/
Phumlee771/
Phumlet770/
Punla732,339/
Pimla73128/
Pomla73121/
Pumlo731/
Pumly730/
Phunliat7132/
Pumillia711/
Phommlay711/
Phonla671,370/
Phimlo67617/
Vumlia6723/
Punlay6712/
Pumlee6711/
Pomlai6710/
Ponhla6710/
Phomli678/
Puinla676/
Putnla675/
Punlai674/
Punlap674/
Pommla674/
Poomla673/
Pimlay673/
Fumlah672/
Pimlai672/
Pumley672/
Punnla672/
Punlla671/
Punhla671/
Pumlit671/
Paunla671/
Punlia671/
Phunglila671/
Phunlo671/
Poumle671/
Pumler670/

Phumla Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Phumla in the Tibetan language
ཕུམ་ལ།pumla-

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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 Phumla
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